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F   /ɛf/   Listen
F

noun
1.
A degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature.  Synonym: degree Fahrenheit.
2.
A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite.  Synonyms: atomic number 9, fluorine.
3.
The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.  Synonym: farad.
4.
The 6th letter of the Roman alphabet.



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"F" Quotes from Famous Books



... important circumstance of a recent illness of Mrs. Browning's, in two characteristic and interesting letters of this period, one written by Mr. Browning to Frederic Leighton, the other by his wife to her sister-in-law. Mr.— now Sir F.— Leighton had been studying art during the previous winter ...
— Life and Letters of Robert Browning • Mrs. Sutherland Orr
... I replied, "though doubtless real—p'f, p'f—is a barrier that most of us can readily get over when our admiration for a particular lady waxes strong enough. So THIS is the prior attachment!" I took the portrait down and ...
— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen
... "'F u r,' sir, that's what they spells; but whether 'tis rabbit skin or fox I can't say, though 'tis most likely fox, knowing ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang
... remains of a Canaanite fortification which can be assigned to the Egyptian period are those which Professor F. I. Petrie brought to light in the ruins of Tell el-Hesy, and in which he rightly recognised the remains ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) • G. Maspero
... on his farm, busy with the labor of the opening spring; Mark Deane was absent, taking measurements and making estimates for the new house, and Sally Fairthorn spent all her spare time in spinning flax for a store of sheets and table-cloths, to be marked "S. A. F." in red silk, when duly woven, ...
— The Story Of Kennett • Bayard Taylor


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