"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 Categories (topical): Pornography
    Sense id: en-IR-en-adj-ovzLvlAZ Topics: lifestyle, media, pornography, sexuality

Noun

Forms: IRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IR (countable and uncountable, plural IRs)
  1. (business) Initialism of industrial relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: industrial relations Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-BnE5NYa0 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 5 15 4 3 15 5 13 5 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 15 4 15 3 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 15 5 15 2 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 1 Topics: business
  2. (business) Initialism of investor relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: investor relations Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-I0oKb55A Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: business
  3. (computer science) Initialism of information retrieval. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: information retrieval Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-MZ-rLs2j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 5 15 4 3 15 5 13 5 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 15 4 15 3 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 15 5 15 2 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 1 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  4. (software compilation) Initialism of intermediate representation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: intermediate representation Categories (topical): Compilation
  5. (physics) Abbreviation of infrared. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: infrared Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-LpbQGxwY Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  6. (physics) Initialism of infrared radiation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: infrared radiation Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-1CmL5Dhb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 5 15 4 3 15 5 13 5 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 15 4 15 3 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 15 5 15 2 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 1 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  7. (aviation) Initialism of inertial reference. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: inertial reference Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-QCXaVq8C Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  8. (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 14 5 15 4 3 15 5 13 5 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 15 4 15 3 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 15 5 15 2 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 1
  9. (politics) Initialism of international relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: international relations Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-VDzRK4V- Topics: government, politics
  10. (law enforcement) Initialism of incident report. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: incident report Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-r5jGWCUM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 5 15 4 3 15 5 13 5 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 15 4 15 3 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 15 5 15 2 2 15 4 15 5 15 1 1 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  11. (pharmacology) Initialism of immediate release. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: immediate release Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-IR-en-noun-1iJm9u9E Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  12. (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: FIR, FLIR, LWIR, MIR, MWIR, NIR, NIRS, SWIR, VLWIR, VSWIR

Inflected forms

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