ECF

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A form of error carried forward — An error (especially a miscalculation) made by a student when solving one part of a multi-part question or problem, leading to inaccurate results for subsequent parts.

Similar
extracellular fluid
Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of error carried forward.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of electronic case file, used in citations of United States federal case documents available through CM/ECF and/or PACER.
    1 more example

    Accordingly, the government’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss and for Expedited Judgment (“Gov’t’s MTD”), ECF No. 183, which seeks dismissal of the Amended Complaint, ECF No. 176, pursuant to “Fed. R. Civ. P. 8” and “Rule 12(b) & 56,” Gov’t’s Mem. in Supp. of Mot. to Dismiss & for Expedited J. (“Gov’t’s Mem.”) at 3, 4, ECF No. 43, is denied.⁴

    2025 May 2, Judge Beryl A. Howell, “PERKINS COIE LLP, Plaintiff, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants”, in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, page 4
  3. abbreviationinitialismbiologyInitialism of extracellular fluid.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounliquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid

Similar
extracellular fluid
Broader
liquid body substancebodily fluidbody fluid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

ECF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ECF

MLA

“ECF.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ECF. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ECF,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ECF.

Source: ECF on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.