VFR

English

Noun

VFR (countable and uncountable, plural VFRs)

2. (aviation, uncountable) Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments.

   Coordinate terms: IFR, SVFR

3. (aviation, countable, uncountable) Initialism of (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations.

   The airline's business travel went up six percent, but VFR went up nine percent.

   • 2008, World Health Organization, International Travel and Health: Situation as on 1 January 2008:

     Risk awareness and risk perception also differ between VFRs and most tourist travellers, resulting in a lower uptake by VFRs of pre-departure vaccinations or malaria prophylaxis.

4. (uncountable, countable, film, video compression) Initialism of variable frame rate.

Derived terms

aviation

• VFR direct

Related terms

variable frame rate

• HFR

Anagrams

• FVR, RFV, RVF, vrf

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

VFR

1. (aviation) initialism of visuelle flygeregler (definite plural: visuelle flygereglene)

Swedish

Noun

VFR

1. (aviation) initialism of visuella flygregler (definite plural: visuella flygreglerna)