"GCF" meaning in English

See GCF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GCF
  1. (climate change, UN) Initialism of Green Climate Fund. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Green Climate Fund
    Sense id: en-GCF-en-name-47irsAi4 Categories (other): Climate change, United Nations, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 12 26 32 30

Noun

Forms: GCFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} GCF (countable and uncountable, plural GCFs)
  1. (arithmetic) Initialism of greatest common factor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: greatest common factor Coordinate_terms: LCD
    Sense id: en-GCF-en-noun-wo3pEVdE Categories (other): Arithmetic, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 34 33 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 12 26 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 29 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 29 33 34 Topics: arithmetic
  2. (feminism) Initialism of gender-critical feminist. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: gender-critical feminist Synonyms: FART [derogatory], GC, GCF, gendercrit [informal], gender-critical feminist, gendercritter [derogatory], TERF, terven, TIRF, transfeminist
    Sense id: en-GCF-en-noun-spdSDDOu Categories (other): Feminism, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 34 33 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 12 26 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 29 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 29 33 34 Topics: feminism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
  3. (feminism) Initialism of gender-critical feminism. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: gender-critical feminism
    Sense id: en-GCF-en-noun-ixItXlzE Categories (other): Feminism, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Gender-critical feminism, LGBTQ, Transgender, Transphobia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 34 33 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 12 26 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 29 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 29 33 34 Disambiguation of Gender-critical feminism: 1 10 30 59 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 6 6 17 71 Disambiguation of Transgender: 0 0 23 77 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 3 7 28 63 Topics: feminism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

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