Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maf

/ɛm.eɪ.ɛf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: maf
IPA: /ɛm.eɪ.ɛf/

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of minor allele frequency: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP.

noun

Initialism of mass airflow.

name

Initialism of Malaysian Armed Forces.

Inflected Forms

MAFs (plural)

Synonyms

ATM

Questions

How do you pronounce maf?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛm.eɪ.ɛf/.
What does maf mean?: Initialism of minor allele frequency: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP.

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