[syn: high frequency, HF]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hydrofluoric \Hy`dro*flu*or"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluoric.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine;
fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid.
[1913 Webster]
Hydrofluoric acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile
liquid, HF, very corrosive in its action, and having a
strong, pungent, suffocating odor. It is produced by the
action of sulphuric acid on fluorite, and is usually
collected as a solution in water. It attacks all
silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in
etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of
platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hf
n 1: a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles
zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals;
used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons [syn:
hafnium, Hf, atomic number 72]
2: 3 to 30 megahertz [syn: high frequency, HF]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
HF
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