"SOFIA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SOFIA
  1. (space science, telescope, NASA) Acronym of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a telescope atop a Boeing 747SP aircraft with an effective diameter of 2.5 meters at altitudes up to 13.7 kilometers. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (extra: a telescope atop a Boeing 747SP aircraft with an effective diameter of 2.5 meters at altitudes up to 13.7 kilometers.)
    Sense id: en-SOFIA-en-name-Q8jKM1X9 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Space, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: NASA, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
  2. (medicine) Acronym of Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay
    Sense id: en-SOFIA-en-name-gxoRkhJu Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
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