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SF¹

noun SFs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of square feet
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of spontaneous fission
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of small forward
  5. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of semifinal
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable, in personal ads Initialism of single female

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of San Francisco
  2. Irish, UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Sinn Féin; an Irish political party.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Street Fighter
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Super Formula

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, in personal ads Initialism of smoker-friendly: not objecting to people who smoke tobacco.

sf²

noun

  1. alternative, dated Alternative form of SF (science fiction) But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a r
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of significant figure(s)

Sf³

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Abbreviation of sixty-fourth

noun Sfs

  1. a book size one sixty-fourth of the size of a standard uncut sheet of paper (less 7.5 cm (3") in height)

    Similar: 64mo, sixty-fourmo, sexagesimo-quarto, 64º

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: srm, emg, quan, sci-fi, scifi, science fiction, science-fiction, speculative fiction, space opera, cyberpunk, technothriller, science fantasy, bart, cede, fog, niner

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@misc{sf_2026,
  title = {sf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}