rf

Other forms of rf

plural

rfs·

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 rf

What does rf mean?

rf means "a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rf?

rf has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rf?

Close synonyms include releasing factor, releasing hormone, rutherfordium, unnilquadium, Unq. 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 rf a common word?

rf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.