"RF" meaning in English

See RF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-RF.ogg
Etymology: Various etymologies. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RF
  1. Initialism of Russian Federation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Russian Federation Related terms: HF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], VHF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], UHF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], SHF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], LF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], VLF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], ELF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], LW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], MW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], SW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering] Translations (Russian Federation): ՌԴ (ṘD) (Armenian), РФ (english: RF) [feminine] (Belarusian), РФ (english: RF) [feminine] (Russian), РФ (english: RF) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-RF.ogg Forms: RFs [plural]
Etymology: Various etymologies. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} RF (countable and uncountable, plural RFs)
  1. Initialism of right foot. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: right foot
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  2. (photography) Initialism of range finder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: range finder Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-RF-en-noun-rfDixomy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 0 23 5 23 5 19 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 1 23 4 24 4 18 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 25 4 26 4 19 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 24 1 19 4 18 6 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 23 1 19 5 19 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 1 19 5 18 6 20 8 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  3. (electronics, physics) Initialism of radio frequency. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: radio frequency Categories (topical): Electronics, Physics
  4. (pathology) Initialism of rheumatoid factor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: rheumatoid factor Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-RF-en-noun-2IVd1oip Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 0 23 5 23 5 19 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 1 23 4 24 4 18 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 25 4 26 4 19 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 24 1 19 4 18 6 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 23 1 19 5 19 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 1 19 5 18 6 20 8 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  5. (military, engineering, slang) Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: ratfuck (extra: dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference) Categories (topical): Engineering, Military
    Sense id: en-RF-en-noun-Z~gNMk7O Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  6. (baseball) Initialism of right field or right fielder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: right field or right fielder Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-RF-en-noun-oqB1DFqR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 0 23 5 23 5 19 6 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 1 19 4 20 4 36 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 1 23 4 24 4 18 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 25 4 26 4 19 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 24 1 19 4 18 6 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 23 1 19 5 19 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 1 19 5 18 6 20 8 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of radiance field. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: radiance field Categories (topical): Optics, Photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: MoRF, NeRF Coordinate_terms: light field (alt: LF)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-RF.ogg
Etymology: Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier R Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=RF}} RF
  1. (US, military, aviation) reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix) Tags: US Categories (topical): Aviation, Military Derived forms: RF-111C, RF-100A, RF-4E Related terms: FB, F/A, QF, YF, XF, RB, RA, RQ, TR, SR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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        "Initialism of radio frequency."
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        "(electronics, physics) Initialism of radio frequency."
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        "(baseball) Initialism of right field or right fielder."
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        "lifestyle",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.