F

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
F1 (also f)
noun (pl. Fs or F's)
  • 1 the sixth letter of the alphabet.
  • 2 denoting the next after E in a set of items, categories, etc.
  • 3 Music the fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
F2
abbreviation
  • 1 Fahrenheit.
  • 2 farad(s).
  • 3 Chemistry faraday(s).
  • 4 (in racing results) favourite.
  • 5 female.
  • 6 fighter (in designations of US aircraft types).
  • 7 Biology filial generation.
  • 8 Brit. fine (used in describing grades of pencil lead).
  • 9 (in motor racing) formula.
  • 10 Franc(s).
  • 11 France (international vehicle registration).
  • 12 (in tables of sports results) goals or points for.
symbol
  • 1 the chemical element fluorine.
  • 2 Physics force.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
f
abbreviation
  • 1 Grammar feminine.
  • 2 femto- (10−15).
  • 3 (in textual references) folio.
  • 4 Music forte.
  • 5 (in racing results) furlong(s).
  • 6 Chemistry denoting electrons and orbitals possessing three units of angular momentum. [f from fundamental, orig. applied to lines in atomic spectra.]
symbol
  • 1 focal length.
  • 2 Mathematics a function of a specified variable.
  • 3 Electronics frequency.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Fahrenheit /ˈfar(ə)nhʌɪt, ˈfɑː-/ (abbrev.: F)
adjective [postpos. when used with a numeral] of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°. noun (also Fahrenheit scale) this scale of temperature.
– origin C18: named after the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
farad /ˈfarad/ (abbrev.: F)
noun the SI unit of electrical capacitance, equal to a capacitance in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt.
– origin C19: shortening of faraday.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fluorine /ˈflʊəriːn, ˈflɔː-/
noun the chemical element of atomic number 9, a poisonous pale yellow gas of the halogen series. (Symbol: F)
– origin C19: from fluor (see fluorspar) + -ine4.
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