Meanings
plural MRFs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of materials recovery facility (or materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility, multi-reuse facility): a waste recycling plant.
They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").
2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian - countableuncountableMetals retention factor.
- countableuncountableMarkov random field
- countableuncountableMyogenic regulatory transcription factors
Myogenic regulatory transcription factors (MRFs) are essential for skeletal myogenesis during embryonic development and for proper muscle regeneration.
2008 January 23, Sophie B Chargé, Andrew S Brack, with Stéphanie A Bayol and Simon M Hughes, “MyoD- and nerve-dependent maintenance of MyoD expression in mature muscle fibres acts through the DRR/PRR element”, in BMC Developmental Biology
- IndiaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Madras Rubber Factory.
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Initialism.
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MRF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MRF
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