EF
See also: ef, ef-, and -ef
Translingual
Symbol
EF
- (metrology) Symbol for exafarad, an SI unit of electrical capacitance equal to 1018 farads.
- (climatology) Köppen climate classification for an ice cap climate.
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Union of Countries under the European Community Patent Convention.
Usage notes
(ISO 3166): This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Intellectual Property Organization due to its former intended use in the WIPO ST.3 standard, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.
English
Noun
EF (plural EFs)
- (medicine, cardiology) Initialism of ejection fraction.
Proper noun
EF
- (computing, Microsoft) Initialism of Entity Framework, an open-source ORM framework.
- (Canada, US, meteorology) Followed by a number from 0 to 5: initialism of Enhanced Fujita, a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale used to indicate the intensity of a tornado. It has superseded the Fujita scale.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Extraordinary Form.
Adjective
EF (not comparable)
- (philately) Initialism of extremely fine or extra fine; also XF.
Anagrams
- F&E, FE, Fe, f.e.