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AFC

"AFC" is a common misspelling or typo for: ace, act, aft, arc, arch, arcs, face, fact, fad, if.


Specialty Definition: AFC

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

= automatic frequency control.Abbreviation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: AFC

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

AFC is a TLA that may stand for:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AFC."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: AFC

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

AFC

DanishAutomatisk frekvenskontrolElectrical Engineering

AFC

EnglishAmerican Financial CorporationN/A

AFC

FinnishAutomaattinen taajuussäätöElectrical Engineering

AFC

FrenchAdministration fédérale des contributionsPublic Administration, Finance

AFC

GermanAfrikanische Frucht-Kompanie Laeisz Co.N/A

AFC

Greekαυτόματος έλεγχος συχνότηταςElectrical Engineering

AFC

ItalianAmministrazione federale delle contribuzioniPublic Administration, Finance

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: AFC

Synonyms by domain: active field control (physics), African Forestry Commission (food & agriculture), African Fruit Company Laeisz Co. (food & agriculture, business), Air Force Cross (military & defense), Air Force/Crucible (metallurgy), Allied Forces in Central Europe (military & defense, international organizations), American Financial Corporation (finance), appropriations for commitments (european union, financeeuropean union, finance), ARBED-Fire Columns (meteorology & standards, metallurgy), Area Forecast Centre (geography, transportation), armoured face conveyor (mining), Armoured Flexible Conveyor, automatic fire control (computing, post & telecom), Automatic Frequency Control (post & telecomelectrical engineering), automatic frequency control circuitry (post & telecom, transportation).

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Crosswords: AFC

Specialty definitions using "AFC": automatic frequency control. (references)

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Commercial Usage: AFC

DomainTitle

References

  • AFC Ajax NV: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • AFC Cable Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Coningham : a biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC (reference)

  • Ensor's Endeavour: A Biography of Wing Commander Mick Ensor Dso & Bar, Dfc & Bar, Afc, Rnzaf & Raf (reference)

  • The War Diaries of Neville Duke: Dso, OBE, Dfc (Two Bars), Afc Czech Military Cross 1941-1944 (reference)

  • Bomber Harris: The Story of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Bt, Gcb, Obe, Afc, Lld, Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief, Bomber com (reference)

  • Against the Odds: The Life of Group Captain Lionel Rees, VC, OBE, MC, Afc (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: AFC

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At anchor in Sasebo harbor, Japan, in November 1950, during a break in her Korean War combat operations. Photographed by AFC O.H. Wilson. Credit: NAVY.

Admiral Sherman's funeral procession passes "Main Navy" building on its way down Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., en route to Arlington Cemetary, 27 July 1951. Admiral Sherman had died at Naples, Italy, on 22 July. Photographed by AFC Paul Begley. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: AFC

"AFC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "AFC" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)46.15%12101,599
Noun (singular)46.15%12101,599
Noun (common)7.69%2245,945
                    Total100.00%26N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: AFC

CountryNameCountryName
Netherlands

AFC Ajax NV

USA

AFC Cable Systems, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AFC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

afc

307

afc championship ticket

7

sunderland afc

48

afc v

7

afc enterprise

38

afc super

7

afc wimbledon

26

afc lightning

6

afc ajax

20

afc sushi

6

apexi s afc

20

afc industry

6

s afc

17

afc apex

6

afc bournemouth

16

afc enterprise inc

6

apexi afc

16

afc soccer

5

afc kentucky

15

afc canada

5

apexi v afc

12

afc mortgage

5

afc ajax amsterdam

12

afc ii s

5

bradford city afc

11

afc apex v

5

afc cable system

11

afc nfl

4

apexi super afc

10

afc borough nuneaton

4

afc huddersfield town

10

afc wrexham

4

afc half marathon

9

afc championship

4

leeds united afc

8

afc east

4

afc cable

8

afc football

4

afc city hull

8

afc express worldwide

3

afc apex s

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AFC

Language Translations for "AFC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

seriekobling af feed back-automatikken tillader at fastlaegge transportoerens kurveforloeb og brydningsfrontens fremrykning (in the tandem arrangement with automatic pass-back, information is given about the course of snaking of the afc and about the advance of the face), med denne afretningsstyring opnaas samtidig ordning i lige linie saavel af den overdaekkede transportoer som af den forreste raekke af understoettelsesenhederne (alignment controls allow the afc and the front line of the support units to be aligned simultaneously). (various references)

   

French

  

le montage en tandem avec circuit de rappel automatique permet de définir l'évolution de la courbe du convoyeur blindé et l'avancement du dépilage (information is given about the course of snaking of the afc and about the advance of the face), cette commande d'alignement permet l'alignement simultané du convoyeur blindé et du front constitué par les éléments de soutènement (alignment controls allow the afc and the front line of the support units to be aligned simultaneously). (various references)

   

German

  

mit dieser Ausrichtesteuerung koennen der Panzerfoerderer und die Front der Ausbaueinheiten gleichzeitig ausgerichtet werden (alignment controls allow the afc and the front line of the support units to be aligned simultaneously), bei der Tandemanordnung mit Ruecksetzautomatik erhaelt man Angaben ueber den Kruemmungsverlauf des Panzerfoerderers und den Abbaufortschritt (in the tandem arrangement with automatic pass-back, information is given about the course of snaking of the afc and about the advance of the face). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

automatikus frekvencia-szabályozás (automatic frequency control). (various references)

   

Italian

  

questo comando di allineamento permette un contemporaneo allineamento del trasportatore blindato e degli elementi di sostegno del fronte (alignment controls allow the afc and the front line of the support units to be aligned simultaneously), il montaggio in tandem con circuito di richiamo automatico permette di determinare l'evoluzione della linea ondulata assunta dal trasportatore blindato e la progressione dell'abbattimento (in the tandem arrangement with automatic pass-back, information is given about the course of snaking of the afc and about the advance of the face). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

afcay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AFC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-f"

-1 letter: fa.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-f"
 

+1 letter: cafe, caff, calf, face, fact.

 

+2 letters: cafes, caffs, calfs, calif, chafe, chaff, chufa, craft, decaf, faced, facer, faces, facet, facia, facts, fancy, farce, farci, farcy, fecal, flack, focal, franc, mafic, scarf.

 

+3 letters: affect, biface, caftan, califs, canful, capful, carafe, carful, casefy, chafed, chafer, chafes, chaffs, chaffy, chufas, confab, crafts, crafty, decafs, deface, efface, enface, fabric, facade, facers, facete, facets, faceup, facial, facias, facies, facile, facing, factor, facula, faecal, faeces, falces, falcon, farced, farcer, farces, farcie, fasces, fascia, faucal, fauces, faucet, fecial, fecula, fiacre, fiance, fiasco, fiscal, flacks, flacon, fracas, fracti, francs, fulcra, pacify, reface, scarfs, sclaff.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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