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sif

British  
/ siːf /

adjective

  1. slang disgusting; sickening; nasty

"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 sif

C20: from syphilitic

Example Sentences

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Daniel Garnham, general secretary of the SIF, said his team had been trying to "bring" Clearsprings "to the table for weeks now".

From BBC

Staff will be asked to carry out cleaning work under their new contracts, and will be paid less, the SIF says.

From BBC

"However, they are expensive and are distributed over limited sites across the globe. Satellite SIF can provide us spatially continuous data. However, fully utilizing satellite SIF for photosynthesis monitoring requires a mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the two."

From Science Daily

This comprehensive dataset provided in this study can be used to gain insights into the mechanistic relationship between far-red SIF and canopy-level photosynthesis.

From Science Daily

This relationship is critical for interpreting SIF readings accurately, whether they come from ground-based observations or satellite imagery.

From Science Daily