"VFD" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: VFDs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VFD (plural VFDs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of vacuum fluorescent display. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: vacuum fluorescent display Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-VFD-en-noun-moEVXsHL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 15 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 11 35 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (electronics) Initialism of variable-frequency drive. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: variable-frequency drive Categories (topical): Electronics
  3. (US) Initialism of volunteer fire department. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: volunteer fire department Translations (US: Volunteer Fire Department): FF [Austria, feminine] (German), OSP [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-VFD-en-noun-1Sg0P9yW Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'US: Volunteer Fire Department': 4 2 94

Inflected forms

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