hf

Other forms of hf

plural

hfs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hf

What does hf mean?

hf means "a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hf?

hf has 1 syllable: hf.

What is another word for hf?

Close synonyms include hafnium, atomic number 72, high frequency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hf a common word?

hf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.