"HFC" meaning in English

See HFC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} HFC
  1. (rail transport) The station code of Heng Fa Chuen in Hong Kong.
    Sense id: en-HFC-en-name-guoH2AmW Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Rail transportation, Station codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 42 22 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Noun

Forms: HFCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HFC (plural HFCs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of hydrofluorocarbon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hydrofluorocarbon
    Sense id: en-HFC-en-noun-sTfag81d Categories (other): Organic chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fluorine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 42 33 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 45 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of Fluorine: 3 54 42 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (electrochemistry) Initialism of hydrogen fuel cell. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hydrogen fuel cell
    Sense id: en-HFC-en-noun-uXgF-rxb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hydrogen Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of Hydrogen: 0 17 83 Topics: chemistry, electrochemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: CFC, fluorocarbon, halocarbon, HC, HCFC, hydrocarbon, fuel cell, hydrogen, hydrogen economy

Inflected forms

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