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/ˌpiˌdiˈɛf/

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What does PDF mean?

noun

  1. Initialism of probability density function.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of PDF (“Portable Document Format”).
  3. Alternative form of PDF file (“paedophile”).
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Initialism of Portable Document Format, a standard for representing electronic documents, allowing them to be transmitted and reproduced accurately with the same printed layout.
  2. Initialism of portable document format (“a document in PDF format”).
  3. Alternative letter-case form of pdf (“probability density function”).
  4. Initialism of pop directional format.

verb

  1. To convert (something) to PDF format.

proper noun

  1. Abbreviation of People's Defence Force (“armed paramilitary anti-military-rule rebel group in Myanmar”).
  2. (obsolete) Initialism of Parkinson's Disease Foundation, now just Parkinson's Foundation.

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IPA pronunciation

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