Cf
californium.
Cf
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
CF
2
American
abbreviation
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Christian female.
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Also cf cubic foot; cubic feet.
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cystic fibrosis.
cf.
3
American
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Bookbinding. calf.
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Music. cantus firmus.
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Baseball. center fielder.
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compare.
c/f
4
American
Bookkeeping.
C.F.
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American
Or
c.f.
abbreviation
cf.
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British
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cf
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British
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cf
3
British
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c/f
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British
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CF
5
British
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Cf
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British
symbol
cf.
Cultural
Etymology
Origin of cf.
From the Latin word confer
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Eg: --Clickbait: Cf headline this story: "Its Own Worst Bug" --I read NYT and NPR web pages daily.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2017
Cf Cut $3 billion out of the $10.6 billion asked for federal domestic agencies, chiefly by firing 100,000 employees and shaving secondary civilian programs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cf That prisoners tell anything "already known to the enemy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cf The University of Michigan's Dr. Gordon C. Brown: widespread Salk vaccination of childbearing women has led to unexpected complications in protecting their infants against polio.
From Time Magazine Archive
And they increased greatly the city of Florence both in inhabitants and in power through the destruction of the city of Cf.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
He later invested in Inter Miami CF, which signed Argentine superstar Lionel Messi in 2023 and won the MLS title last season for the first time in its history.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
In 1993, Allen launched CF Entertainment on his dining room table in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
As it stands, the fertilizer market is small, with North American companies like Nutrien, Mosaic, and CF Industries accounting for more than $50 billion in global market cap space.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
It added: "There are no outstanding postal ballot packs at delivery offices in CF postcode area."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
It’s been a Stella Grant marathon, even with the lame CF content.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Large blooms of Ostreopsis cf. ovata have been reported more frequently in the Mediterranean over recent decades.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
The researchers found that this fungus acts as a lethal parasite in Ostreopsis cf. ovata, a species of algae responsible for toxic blooms that can negatively affect human health.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Scientists observed that the fungus parasitizes cells of O. cf. ovata and can kill them within a few days.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Spock in Star Trek 8. the catchphrase "With great power comes great responsibility"; cf. ...plus dozens of others we didn't notice or don't care about, in a movie that abandons creative storytelling for manifest destiny.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2011
According to the New English Dictionary, “grub” may be referred to an ablaut variant of the Old Teutonic grab-, to dig, cf. “grave.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
For this exhibition, the museum acquired Guthrie’s C.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The Sounders are back Sunday after nearly a month since playing their last match — a 4-2 loss to C.F.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
The Johnson family, which has Boston roots dating to 1635 and made its initial fortune with the C.F.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
When C.F. and “N.C.” – another former Explorer cadet who also filed suit – were between the ages of 15 and 17, C.F. said Betts escalated his pursuit of the teens.
From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2019
Aglionby, C.F., whom we came to know and like very well.
From Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 by Buckley, Francis
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From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
Ball, Slavery in the United States, 217; cf.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2015
Student is not the first white Australian woman to have attempted this course — cf.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2014
Additional English records, however, can at least be identified as cf.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2012
“The princesses can ride on my back, Milo can catch hold cf my tail, and you can hang on to his ankles.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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