"MTF" meaning in English

See MTF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} MTF (not comparable)
  1. (LGBTQ) Initialism of male-to-female (transgender or transsexual). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: male-to-female (extra: transgender or transsexual) Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Gender, Transgender Translations (Translations): MtF (French)
    Sense id: en-MTF-en-adj-wR1rEfPK Disambiguation of Gender: 51 1 42 1 5 Disambiguation of Transgender: 38 19 32 5 5 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} MTF
  1. (astronautics, NASA, historical) Initialism of Mississippi Test Facility. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Mississippi Test Facility Categories (topical): Astronautics, Transgender
    Sense id: en-MTF-en-name-d~NjfrAX Disambiguation of Transgender: 38 19 32 5 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 44 9 13 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 62 4 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 64 3 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 68 3 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 67 3 12 14 Topics: NASA, aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: MTFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MTF (plural MTFs)
  1. (LGBTQ) A male-to-female person. Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Gender, Transgender
    Sense id: en-MTF-en-noun-dBdYEpk0 Disambiguation of Gender: 51 1 42 1 5 Disambiguation of Transgender: 38 19 32 5 5
  2. (finance) Initialism of multilateral trading facility. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: multilateral trading facility Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-MTF-en-noun-r3Ql9pEs Topics: business, finance
  3. (nuclear physics) Initialism of magnetized target fusion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: magnetized target fusion Categories (topical): Nuclear physics
    Sense id: en-MTF-en-noun-ugfInoY9 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): MtF (French)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 14 44 42

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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