MRF en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɜː(ɹ)f/ recycling plant
Etymology
Initialism.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of materials recovery facility (or materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility, multi-reuse facility): a waste recycling plant.
alt of materials recovery facility
They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").
2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian:
- (countable, uncountable) Metals retention factor.
- (countable, uncountable) Markov random field
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(countable, uncountable) Myogenic regulatory transcription factors
Myogenic regulatory transcription factors (MRFs) are essential for skeletal myogenesis during embryonic development and for proper muscle regeneration.
2008 January 23, Sophie B Chargé, Andrew S Brack, with Stéphanie A Bayol and Simon M Hughes, “MyoD- and nerve-dependent maintenance of MyoD expression in mature muscle fibres acts through the DRR/PRR element”, in BMC Developmental Biology:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRFs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |