MCF can refer to:

Transport and manufacturing

Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli (formerly Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli) or MCF Raebareli is a rail coach manufacturing unit of the Indian Railways at Lalganj near Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The factory is one of the coach production uni ...

, an Indian rail manufacturer

Science and technology

Military-civil fusion Military-civil fusion (, MCF) or civil-military fusion is a strategy and policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with the stated goal of developing its People's Liberation Army (PLA) into a world-class military. Military-civil fusion is a p ...

, a Chinese economic strategy for technological dominance developed by Xi Jinping *

Magnetic confinement fusion Magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) is an approach to generate thermonuclear fusion power that uses magnetic fields to confine fusion fuel in the form of a plasma (physics), plasma. Magnetic confinement is one of two major branches of controlled fusi ...

, an approach to thermonuclear fusion that uses magnetic fields *

Muon-catalyzed fusion Muon-catalyzed fusion (abbreviated as μCF or MCF) is a process that allows nuclear fusion to take place at temperatures that are significantly lower than those required for thermonuclear fusion, even at room temperature or lower. It is one of the ...

, an approach to nuclear fusion that uses muons * Makes caterpillars floppy, a gene in the bacterium ''

Photorhabdus luminescens ''Photorhabdus luminescens'' (previously called ''Xenorhabdus luminescens'') is a Gammaproteobacterium of the family Morganellaceae, and is a lethal pathogen of insects. It lives in the gut of an entomopathogenic nematode of the family Hetero ...

'' * Malignant catarrhal fever (

Bovine malignant catarrhal fever Bovine malignant catarrhal fever (BMCF) is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease caused by a group of ruminant gamma herpes viruses including Alcelaphine gammaherpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) and Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) These viruses cause unappare ...

), a disease of cattle and related species *

Master Control Facility The Master Control Facility (MCF) is a facility set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the city of Hassan in the Indian state of Karnataka. Established in 1982, this facility is responsible for monitoring and controlling ...

, ISRO's communication satellite control centre * Median cell fragility (

Erythrocyte fragility Erythrocyte fragility refers to the propensity of erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBC) to hemolyse (rupture) under stress. It can be thought of as the degree or proportion of hemolysis that occurs when a sample of red blood cells are subjected to ...

), the NaCl concentration at which 50% of cells in a blood sample undergo lysis * Methyl chloroform,

1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, also known as methyl chloroform and chlorothene, is a chloroalkane with the chemical formula CH3CCl3. It is an isomer of 1,1,2-trichloroethane. A colourless and sweet-smelling liquid, it was once produced industrially i ...

* Mille cubic feet (Mcf), 1000 cubic feet, unit of volume used in natural gas industry * Modulation contrast function, a variant of the

Optical transfer function The optical transfer function (OTF) of an optical system such as a camera, microscope, human eye, or image projector, projector is a scale-dependent description of their imaging contrast. Its magnitude is the image contrast of the Sine and cosine ...

, used in optical imaging analysis * Multi-commodity flow problem, a flow network problem with multiple commodities between different source and sink nodes

Culture and entertainment

Magic Circle Festival Magic Circle Festival is an annual heavy metal festival organized by Magic Circle Music and founded by Joey DeMaio of the band Manowar. The festival was first held on 6 and 7 July 2007 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The success of the 2007 festival ...

, a German heavy metal music festival *

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, a football club based in Málaga, Spain *

Real Madrid CF Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

, a football club based in Madrid, Spain *

Malaysian Chess Federation The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF; ) is the principal authority over all chess events in Malaysia and organizes the Malaysian Chess Championship. The MCF promotes and coordinates all major chess events in the 13 Malaysian states and is an active ...

, organization for chess players in Malaysia

Business and finance

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited is the largest manufacturer of chemical fertilizers in the state of Karnataka, India. The company is part of the Adventz Group. The company's corporate and registered office is at UB City, Bangalore and ...

, an Indian fertilizer company * Marginal cost of funds, an aspect of

Excess burden of taxation In economics, the excess burden of taxation is one of the economic losses that society suffers as the result of taxes or subsidies. Economic theory posits that distortions change the amount and type of economic behavior from that which would ...

* MCF, ISO 4217 code for the

Monégasque franc The franc (unofficially MCF) was the official currency of the Monaco, Principality of Monaco until 1995 (''de facto'', 1996 ''de jure''), when it changed to the French franc which was replaced by the euro in 2002. The franc was subdivided into 1 ...

, the former currency of Monaco *

, an Indian rail manufacturer

Computing

MacCentral MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed ...

Forum (1998-2008), a former on-line forum for Apple Macintosh users *

Meta Content Framework Meta Content Framework (MCF) is a specification of a content format for structuring metadata about web sites and other data. History MCF was developed by Ramanathan V. Guha at Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group between 1995 and 1997. Root ...

, a discontinued specification of a content format for structuring metadata about web sites * Modular Crypt Format, a method of storing hashed passwords *

Multimedia Container Format Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single presentation. This is in contrast to tradition ...

, an unfinished digital media specification which was incorporated into

Matroska Matroska (styled Matroška) is a project to create a container format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. The Matroska Multimedia Container is similar in concept to other containers like ...

* ''

Mystery Case Files ''Mystery Case Files'' is a video game series originally developed by the internal studios of Big Fish Games. Sequels were then developed by Elephant Games between 2013 and 2014 and Eipix Entertainment between 2015 and 2019. The newest install ...

'', a video game series

Other

, a sport organization in Malaysia * Marine Commando Force, now

MARCOS Marcos may refer to: People with the given name ''Marcos'' *Marcos (given name) * Marcos family Sports ;Surnamed * Dayton Marcos, Negro league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) * Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer * Né ...

, the special forces unit of the Indian Navy * Micro

Complement fixation test The complement fixation test is an immunological medical test that can be used to detect the presence of either specific antibody or specific antigen in a patient's serum, based on whether complement fixation occurs. It was widely used to diagnos ...

, a high-sensitivity immunological medical test * Muskegon Correctional Facility, a state prison in Michigan, United States * Michael C. Fina, an American luxury-goods retailer * Melamine faced chipboard, a form of

Particle board Particle board, also known as particleboard or chipboard, is an engineered wood product, belonging to the wood-based panels, manufactured from wood chips and a synthetic, mostly formaldehyde-based resin or other suitable binder, which is presse ...

, an engineered wood product * Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, the city government of Faridabad, India *''Maître de conférences'', a rank in French academia * Mully Children's Family, a nonprofit organization for children in need *

Muslim Charities Forum The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is an umbrella organisation for UK based Muslim-led charities whose primary goal is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world. It is also an associate mem ...

, a religious organization based in the United Kingdom {{disambiguation