rf

R1F4

noun

reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)

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releasing factorreleasing hormonereticular formationrutherfordiumunnilquadiumUnqelement 104atomic number 104
CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

rf1

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of radio frequency.

    In our basis, we drove four selective radio frequency (rf) transitions between all four eigenstates

    2009 February 27, P. Neumann et al., “Response to Comment on "Multipartite Entanglement Among Single Spins in Diamond"”, in Science, volume 323, number 5918, →DOI

RF2

nounRF (countable and uncountable, plural RFs)

plural RFs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of right foot.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableartsInitialism of rangefinder.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of radio frequency.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of rheumatoid factor.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountableengineeringInitialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”).

    If battalion staff were involved, we generally called the insertion an RF, Romeo Foxtrot, or Rat Fuck.

    1997, Chuck Carlock, Firebirds: A Harrowing Firsthand Account of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam, Bantam, →ISBN, page 300
    1 more example

    Thinking they actually were supporting the demonstrators, I went up to them and asked why. “No, we're not supporting them. This is just an RF (short for “Rat Fuck”). We're keeping the money," they told me, laughing.

    2003, Guy T. Saperstein, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of right field or right fielder.
  7. abbreviationcountableuncountableimagingartsAbbreviation of radiance field.
  8. abbreviationcountablerareuncountablevideo gamesAbbreviation of Rainbow Friends.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Russian Federation.

RF3

noun
  1. USaeronauticsreconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

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releasing factorreleasing hormone
Broader

nouna complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone

nouna radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized

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rutherfordiumunnilquadiumUnqelement 104atomic number 104

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Origin

RF · noun, proper noun

Various etymologies.

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RF · noun

Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier R

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 俄聯邦 /俄联邦
  • 俄聯邦 /俄联邦 (Éliánbāng)Russian Federation
Russian РФ
  • РФRussian Federation
Ukrainian РФ
  • РФRussian Federation
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