STF
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STF may refer to:
- Save the Tiger FundSave the Tiger FundSave the Tiger Fund was established in 1995 as a partnership between the ExxonMobil Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, STF gave 313 grants totaling $15.7 million between 1995 and 2007, amounting to about one quarter of all philanthropic funds spent on tiger conservation...
- SendThisFileSendThisFileSendThisFile is a managed file transfer service operated by SendThisFile, Inc., which uses cloud computing and 128-bit SSL encryption to enable users to send and receive large data files through the Internet...
- Special Tactical Force, a South African Counter-Terrorist force, also the name of the Counter-Terrorist force from Crisis ZoneCrisis ZoneCrisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
- Special Task ForceSpecial Task ForceThe Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...
, Sri Lankan Police Counter-Terrorist force - Specialist Task Force, a type of body within ETSIEuropean Telecommunications Standards InstituteThe European Telecommunications Standards Institute is an independent, non-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry in Europe, with worldwide projection...
- Shear Thickening FluidsDilatantA dilatant material is one in which viscosity increases with the rate of shear strain. Such a shear thickening fluid, also known by the acronym STF, is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid....
, a type of smart materialSmart materialSmart materials or designed materials are materials that have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli, such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric or magnetic fields....
whose viscosityViscosityViscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear or tensile stress. In everyday terms , viscosity is "thickness" or "internal friction". Thus, water is "thin", having a lower viscosity, while honey is "thick", having a higher viscosity...
increases as shear stressShear stressA shear stress, denoted \tau\, , is defined as the component of stress coplanar with a material cross section. Shear stress arises from the force vector component parallel to the cross section...
increases - Songahm Taekwondo Federation, the South American branch of the American Taekwondo AssociationAmerican Taekwondo AssociationThe American Taekwondo Association was founded in 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska by Haeng Ung Lee of South Korea. It is one of the largest taekwondo organizations in the United States, and in association with the Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union , is one of the largest...
- Sonic the FightersSonic the FightersSonic the Fighters is a fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game's original Japanese title, Sonic The Fighters, is used in North American and European releases of Sonic Gems Collection.-Plot:...
, an arcade game - Stepover Toehold Facelock, a submission hold used in professional wrestlingProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
- Sports table footballSports table footballSports table football is the competitive game based on the board game of Subbuteo. It is administered globally by the Federation of International Sports Table Football, or FISTF...
, a competitive table top game derived from SubbuteoSubbuteoSubbuteo is a set of table top games simulating team sports such as association football, cricket, both codes of rugby and hockey. The name is most closely associated with the football game, which for many years was marketed as "the replica of Association Football".The "Subbuteo" name is derived...
. - Minolta/Sony STF 135mm f/2.8 [T4.5] lens, a special SLR camera lens that produces a "Smooth Trans Focus" effect
- Supremo Tribunal Federal, Brazil's Supreme Court.
- Installation (computer programs)Installation (computer programs)Installation of a program is the act of putting the program onto a computer system so that it can be executed....
, Setup File. - Bryan Airport Local airport of Starkville, Mississippi
- Svenska TuristföreningenSvenska TuristföreningenSvenska Turistföreningen, STF , founded in 1885, aims at promoting outdoor life and knowledge among the Swedes about their country.The Association maintains a variety of trails, huts and hostels in different parts Sweden...
, the Swedish Tourist Association - Spread Tow Fabrics
- Steal This FilmSteal This FilmSteal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol....
(movie) - Steel Trowel Finish(ref to construction)
- Sub-Tropical Front (Subtropical FrontSubtropical FrontSubtropical Front is a term used in Oceanography to describe a boundary between water systems based on temperature and salinity.- Northern Subtropical Front :A subtropical front in the Pacific Ocean lying between 25 and 30 degrees north latitude....
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