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Meaning of CFL | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Canadian Football League.
  2. Initialism of compact fluorescent lamp.
  3. Initialism of context-free language.
  4. Initialism of colorflavor locking.

Equivalents

Français LCF

Examples

“Scenarios were floated that the CFL and WLAF would merge or that the CFL would revert to a fall schedule and become a farm league for the NFL.”
““Now is the right time to transition from CFL to LED,” said John Strainic, chief operating officer of consumer and conventional lighting at GE Lighting. […] Halogen dominates standard bulb shipments, the association reported, representing almost half of the total, followed by CFLs at about 27 percent, a share that is on the decline.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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