(mechanics) A polygonal figure the sides of which are vectors representing several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the vector necessary to make the figure closed is the resulta...

Abbreviation of footnote. / Abbreviation of function.

(India, Pakistan, Nepal) An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to s...

(organic chemistry) carbonic acid represented as a hydroxy carboxylic acid HO-COOH