AFM
adjective, noun
AFM is an adjective meaning “Abbreviation of antiferromagnetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-F-M, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does AFM mean?
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of antiferromagnetic.
noun
- 1
Initialism of atomic force microscopy.
- 2
Initialism of atomic force microscope.
- 3
Abbreviation of acute flaccid myelitis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of AFM
- AFMs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is AFM?
AFM appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
AFM in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense atomic force microscope:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | AFM |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.