All articles starting with F

Filtration method

The filtration method is a proof technique in modal logic that converts an infinite Kripke model of a formula into a finite one, proving the finite model property.

Oct 22, 2026

Fily Dabo Sissoko

Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900-1964) was a Malian writer in French and politician who served as deputy for the Soudan from 1945 to 1959 and founded the Parti Progressiste Soudanais.

Filzbach is a village in canton Glarus, Switzerland, on the Kerenzerberg terrace above the Walensee, part of Glarus Nord since 2011. Known for its Augustan-era Roman watchtower and as a resort with the Zurich canton sport center.

FIM Endurance World Championship

The FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) is the FIM's world championship for endurance motorcycle racing, with rider teams sharing machines over races of 3 to 24 hours.

FIM Motocross World Championship

The FIM Motocross World Championship, known commercially as MXGP, is the FIM's international motocross world championship, founded in 1957 and currently divided into MXGP and MX2 classes.

FIM Women's Motocross World Championship

FIM Women's Motocross World Championship (WMX), FIM world title for female motocross riders since 2008 (Women's World Cup 2005); six-round 2026 season won by Spain's Daniela Guillén; distinct from the American WMX series.

FIM-92 Stinger

The FIM-92 Stinger, or Stinger missile, is an American shoulder-fired, fire-and-forget surface-to-air missile that entered U.S. Army service in 1981 and is best known for downing about 250 Soviet aircraft in Afghanistan from 1986.

FimA-like

FimA-like pilins are a Bacteroidia protein superfamily forming type V pili, with transthyretin-like folds and protease-mediated donor-strand exchange assembly, distinct from chaperone-usher and Gram-positive pili.

Fimasartan

Fimasartan (Kanarb, BR-A-657) is a Korean-developed angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker for hypertension, the ninth ARB approved, dosed 60-120 mg once daily, with 18.6% bioavailability and mainly biliary-fecal elimination.

Fimbrial agglutination

Fimbrial agglutination: in gynecology, adhesive bridges of fallopian tube fimbriae across the ostium (ICD-11 GA17.1), linked to infertility and endometriosis; in microbiology, fimbriae-mediated cell clumping.

Fimbrial protein TafF

TafF (HAH_0238) is a hypothetical protein of Haloarcula hispanica predicted to anchor tat-fimbriae (tafi), Tat-secreted haloarchaeal surface filaments, to the cell wall; homologs occur only in tafA-bearing archaea, and its function is untested by knockouts.

Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis (fringe rush, fimbry) is a conserved genus of about 313 sedge species in Cyperaceae, tribe Abildgaardieae, established by Vahl in 1805; cosmopolitan, C4, with deciduous fringed styles and weaving species such as F. umbellaris.

Fimbrium subunit FimB/Mfa2/Mfa3

FimB/Mfa2/Mfa3 are subunits of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae: FimB and Mfa2 are outer-membrane anchors and elongation terminators of the FimA and Mfa1 fimbriae, and Mfa3 is the tip adaptor protein of the Mfa1 fimbrial tip complex.

Oct 20, 2026

Fimbulthul Catena

Fimbulthul Catena, a 287 km chain of impact craters (catena) on Jupiter's moon Callisto at 8.2°N, 64.8°W, IAU-named in 1997 for a Norse river, likely formed by a tidally split comet.

Fimfiction

Fimfiction, also called FIMFic, is a fanfiction archive and community website for stories based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, opened in 2011. It describes itself as the largest collection of My Little Pony fanfiction.

Sep 19, 2026

FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana)

FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) is the Italian music industry federation, founded in 1992, representing over 2,500 labels and publishing Italy's official charts and gold and platinum certifications.

Fimiguerrero

Fimiguerrero (Fimihan Uthman Akinola) is a Nigerian-born, London-based UK underground rapper known for rage, trap, and jerk-influenced music, with releases Rubberbands (2019), New World Order (2024), and Conglomerate with Lancey Foux and Len (2024).

Fin

A fin is an extended surface attached to a heat transfer surface to increase heat exchange area, used in heat sinks, radiators, and heat exchangers.

Fin Cartwright

Fin Cartwright (Finlay James Cartwright, born 2007, Redcar) is an English midfielder from Middlesbrough's academy, on a season-long 2026/27 loan at Grimsby Town, with 2 England U17 caps.

Fin de siècle

Fin de siècle (French, "end of the century") names the late 19th century as both a period and a sensibility of decline and modernity, tied to decadence, symbolism, aestheticism, and art nouveau; periodization spans 1870–1914.

Fin efficiency

Fin efficiency is the ratio of the heat a fin actually transfers to the heat it would transfer if its entire surface sat at the base temperature.

Fin Fang Foom

Fin Fang Foom is a fictional alien dragon appearing in Marvel Comics, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #89 (October 1961), during Marvel's pre-superhero monster period.

Fin Ray effect

The Fin Ray effect is a passive mechanical behavior in which a triangular structure modeled on a fish tail fin curves toward lateral pressure, discovered in 1997 by biologist Leif Kniese on a trout.

Fin regeneration in zebrafish

Fin regeneration in zebrafish is the ability of adult zebrafish to fully rebuild an amputated caudal fin in two to three weeks through wound healing, blastema formation, and outgrowth.

Fin stabilizer

A fin stabilizer is a fin mounted beneath a ship's waterline that reduces roll, with active fins using gyroscopic control for over 90% roll reduction.

Fin Tutuola

Odafin "Fin" Tutuola is the NYPD sergeant played by Ice-T on Law & Order: SVU since 2000; a former undercover narcotics detective, partner of John Munch, father of Ken Randall, and the show's second-longest serving character.

Fin Vc Horizons

Fin Vc Horizons is the growth-equity strategy of Fin VC, a San Francisco venture firm founded by Logan Allin in 2018 that invests exclusively in B2B fintech.

Fin whale

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also finback or razorback: the second largest whale after the blue whale, up to 24 m and 73 t. IUCN Vulnerable, ESA endangered; over 725,000 caught in the Southern Hemisphere 1905-76; still hunted by Iceland and Japan.

Fin.K.L (핑클)

Fin.K.L (핑클), Fine Killing Liberty, is a first-generation K-pop girl group debuted May 1998 under DSP Media with Lee Hyori, Ock Joo-hyun, Lee Jin, and Sung Yu-ri; hits include Blue Rain and Now, with a 2026 full-group comeback announced.