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    D/F
    direction finding.
  • D.F.
    D.F.
    abbreviation
    Defender of the Faith.
  • DF
    DF
    abbreviation
    Defender of the Faith

D/F

1 American  
Or DF
  1. direction finding.


D.F. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Defender of the Faith.


D.F. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Distrito Federal.

  2. Doctor of Forestry.


D/F 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. direction finder

  2. direction finding

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

DF 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Defender of the Faith

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of D.F.

From New Latin Dēfēnsor Fidēī

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Musk decided to name the data center Colossus—a reference to a popular trilogy of sci-fi novels from the 1960s by D.F.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

As a young investment banker new to the city, I ogled it in the windows of the home shop D.F.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

The Super Tortas D.F. trailer specializes in massive tortas of all shapes and sizes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2019

The Kruger statue in Pretoria was unveiled in 1954 by D.F.

From Fox News ● Dec. 16, 2018

In the domain of scholarship and learning the “Young German” movement was associated with the supremacy of Hegelianism, the leading spirits being D.F.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

It also said officer DF turned off his body-worn camera during the pursuit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The 70-year-old former president left prison on Wednesday for the first time since late November to undergo the procedure at the DF Star hospital in Brasilia.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

Bolsonaro had undergone another surgery at DF Star in April.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Organisers DF Concerts said the festival was "evolving" and it wanted to give "fans, artists and the city the best possible experience".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

But whatever length we give to DE and EF, we can never give the exact length of DF in numbers, because the triangle is not a "rational" one.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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