"IR" meaning in English

See IR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} IR (not comparable)
  1. (pornography) Initialism of interracial. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: interracial
    Sense id: en-IR-en-adj-ovzLvlAZ Categories (other): Pornography Topics: lifestyle, media, pornography, sexuality

Noun

Forms: IRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IR (countable and uncountable, plural IRs)
  1. (aviation) Initialism of inertial reference. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: inertial reference
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-QCXaVq8C Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (business) Initialism of industrial relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: industrial relations
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-BnE5NYa0 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Business, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 13 4 15 4 13 1 3 14 5 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 14 4 15 3 14 1 2 14 4 3 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 15 4 15 2 15 1 2 15 5 3 15 1 Topics: business
  3. (business) Initialism of investor relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: investor relations
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-I0oKb55A Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Business Topics: business
  4. (computer science) Initialism of information retrieval. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: information retrieval
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-MZ-rLs2j Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Computer science, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 13 4 15 4 13 1 3 14 5 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 14 4 15 3 14 1 2 14 4 3 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 15 4 15 2 15 1 2 15 5 3 15 1 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  5. (software compilation) Initialism of intermediate representation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: intermediate representation
  6. (law enforcement) Initialism of incident report. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: incident report
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-r5jGWCUM Categories (other): Law enforcement, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 13 4 15 4 13 1 3 14 5 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 14 4 15 3 14 1 2 14 4 3 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 15 4 15 2 15 1 2 15 5 3 15 1 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  7. (pharmacology) Initialism of immediate release. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: immediate release
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-1iJm9u9E Categories (other): Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  8. (physics) Abbreviation of infrared. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: infrared
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-LpbQGxwY Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  9. (physics) Initialism of infrared radiation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: infrared radiation
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-1CmL5Dhb Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 13 4 15 4 13 1 3 14 5 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 14 4 15 3 14 1 2 14 4 3 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 15 4 15 2 15 1 2 15 5 3 15 1 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  10. (politics) Initialism of international relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: international relations
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-VDzRK4V- Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics
  11. (sports) Initialism of injured reserve. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: injured reserve
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-hKv4SeGk Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  12. (disability sport) Initialism of indoor rowing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: indoor rowing
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-8V6tTk8- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 13 4 15 4 13 1 3 14 5 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 14 4 15 3 14 1 2 14 4 3 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 15 4 15 2 15 1 2 15 5 3 15 1
  13. (Ohio, rare) Initialism of interstate route. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: interstate route
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-wRGCUnMj Categories (other): Ohio English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (infrared): FIR, FLIR, LWIR, MIR, MWIR, NIR, NIRS, SWIR, VLWIR, VSWIR
Disambiguation of 'infrared': 10 2 1 8 4 4 2 33 29 2 1 2 3

Inflected forms

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