sf

1. alternativedatedAlternative form of SF (science fiction)

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   But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

   2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103

2. abbreviationAbbreviation of significant figure(s).

plural SFs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablefictionInitialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of square feet.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of spontaneous fission.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of small forward.
5. abbreviationcountableuncountablehobbiesAbbreviation of semifinal.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of single female.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of San Francisco.
2. IrishUKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Sinn Féin; an Irish political party.
3. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of Street Fighter.
4. abbreviationinitialismhobbiesInitialism of Super Formula.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of smoker-friendly: not objecting to people who smoke tobacco.

plural Sfs

1. a book size one sixty-fourth of the size of a standard uncut sheet of paper (less 7.5 cm (3") in height)

   Synonyms: 64mo, sixty-fourmo, sexagesimo-quarto, 64º