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
abbreviation
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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.
5
American
Or
c.f.
abbreviation
cf.
1
British
abbreviation
cf
2
British
abbreviation
cf
3
British
abbreviation
c/f
4
British
abbreviation
CF
5
British
abbreviation
Cf
6
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 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
Cf The United Nations must remain united for peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cf That prisoners tell anything "already known to the enemy."
From Time Magazine Archive
And when the said Emperor Frederick was at war with the Church, he caused them to Cf.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Giovanni Villani
Those priorities soon changed, however, and he was playing organized soccer before he entered kindergarten, then joined CF Montreal’s youth academy before he entered high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"I've had a few people with CF kids reach out to me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
CF Industries stock spiked at the start of the war.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“Do you know how many things I am going to lose to CF? That I already have lost? The lungs won’t change that.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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
Large blooms of Ostreopsis cf. ovata have been reported more frequently in the Mediterranean over recent decades.
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
Portrait slightly damaged. 8vo., new, cf. gt. back, 8s.
For this exhibition, the museum acquired Guthrie’s C.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Invented for that purpose in 1874 by C.F.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
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
The regimental commanders in their reports style it, Fifth Brigade, General C.F.
From From Fort Henry to Corinth by M. F. (Manning Ferguson) Force
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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 place where he was seemed like a great field of boulders, with a flattened fortress at one end cf it—between the glass plates.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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