397:
165:(coin collector-research specialists), cf. may be used in references on the paper and/or online coin identification information meaning "compare to". It is common for abbreviations of listings in trusted coin catalogues or sales from certain online auctions to be cited when identifying a particular coin. If the specimen in question is not an exact match but comes close to a known source, cf. may be used.
56:, both meaning 'compare') is used in writing to refer the reader to other material to make a comparison with the topic being discussed. Style guides recommend that "cf." be used only to suggest a comparison, and the words "see" or "
331:
260:
119:
Cf. can also be used to express a possible identity, or at least a significant resemblance, such as between a newly observed specimen and a known
127:. Such a usage might suggest a specimen's membership of the same genus or possibly of a shared higher taxon. For example, in the note "
424:
90:
to describe a specimen that is hard to identify because of practical difficulties, such as poor preservation. For example, "
342:
184:
419:
287:
There is a distinction between see and cf.; use cf. only to mean 'compare' or 'see, by way of comparison'.
271:
234:
20:
111:
77:
27:
368:
61:
208:
179:
42:
396:
413:
87:
162:
83:
31:
144:
299:
57:
307:
401:
149:
140:
120:
104:
82:
In biological naming conventions, cf. is commonly placed between the
369:"Field Key for Selected Benthic Invertebrates from the HKH Region"
124:
19:
This article is about the Latin abbreviation. For other uses, see
116:, but the actual species-level identification cannot be certain.
189:
174:
60:" be used generally to point to a source of information. In
26:"Confer" redirects here. For the software application, see
153:) and has no information favouring a particular species.
213:
Cambridge
Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
241:. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. n.d
139:", the author is confident of the order and family (
266:. Michigan State University Press. p. 6, citing
261:"Chicago Manual of Style 15th Ed. Style Sheet"
102:" indicates that the specimen is in the genus
8:
68:, 'confront') is more common than "cf." is.
134:
128:
109:
97:
91:
51:
45:
325:
323:
200:
239:The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
30:. For academic degree conferral, see
7:
16:Latin abbreviation meaning "compare"
147:) but can only suggest the genus (
14:
215:. Cambridge University Press. n.d
395:
367:Hartmann, Anne (February 2007).
235:"Latin Terms and Abbreviations"
1:
400:The dictionary definition of
270:section 16.58. Archived from
185:List of Latin abbreviations
64:, the abbreviation "cfr." (
441:
75:
25:
18:
425:Latin words and phrases
268:Chicago Manual of Style
135:
129:
110:
98:
92:
52:
46:
304:Vocabolario Treccani
277:on December 23, 2015
332:"Open Nomenclature"
108:and believed to be
130:Diptera: Tabanidae
41:(short for either
330:Bengtson, Peter.
112:Barbus holotaenia
78:Open nomenclature
37:The abbreviation
28:CONFER (software)
432:
399:
384:
383:
381:
379:
373:
364:
358:
357:
355:
353:
348:on April 2, 2015
347:
341:. Archived from
336:
327:
318:
317:
315:
314:
296:
290:
289:
284:
282:
276:
265:
257:
251:
250:
248:
246:
231:
225:
224:
222:
220:
205:
138:
132:
115:
101:
95:
55:
49:
440:
439:
435:
434:
433:
431:
430:
429:
410:
409:
392:
387:
377:
375:
374:. Draft Version
371:
366:
365:
361:
351:
349:
345:
334:
329:
328:
321:
312:
310:
298:
297:
293:
280:
278:
274:
263:
259:
258:
254:
244:
242:
233:
232:
228:
218:
216:
207:
206:
202:
198:
180:Citation signal
171:
159:
80:
74:
35:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
438:
436:
428:
427:
422:
412:
411:
408:
407:
391:
390:External links
388:
386:
385:
359:
319:
291:
252:
226:
199:
197:
194:
193:
192:
187:
182:
177:
170:
167:
158:
157:Numismatic use
155:
76:Main article:
73:
72:Biological use
70:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
437:
426:
423:
421:
420:Abbreviations
418:
417:
415:
406:at Wiktionary
405:
404:
398:
394:
393:
389:
370:
363:
360:
344:
340:
339:Palaeontology
333:
326:
324:
320:
309:
305:
301:
295:
292:
288:
273:
269:
262:
256:
253:
240:
236:
230:
227:
214:
210:
204:
201:
195:
191:
188:
186:
183:
181:
178:
176:
173:
172:
168:
166:
164:
156:
154:
152:
151:
146:
142:
137:
131:
126:
122:
117:
114:
113:
107:
106:
100:
94:
89:
85:
79:
71:
69:
67:
63:
59:
54:
48:
44:
40:
33:
29:
22:
402:
376:. Retrieved
362:
350:. Retrieved
343:the original
338:
311:. Retrieved
303:
294:
286:
279:. Retrieved
272:the original
267:
255:
243:. Retrieved
238:
229:
217:. Retrieved
212:
203:
163:numismatists
160:
148:
118:
103:
88:species name
81:
65:
38:
36:
378:October 30,
245:October 30,
219:October 30,
414:Categories
313:2024-02-02
196:References
99:holotaenia
84:genus name
53:conferatur
32:Graduation
352:March 19,
145:Tabanidae
66:confronta
308:Treccani
169:See also
86:and the
281:July 7,
150:Tabanus
141:Diptera
136:Tabanus
121:species
62:Italian
161:Among
133:, cf.
105:Barbus
93:Barbus
47:confer
372:(PDF)
346:(PDF)
335:(PDF)
275:(PDF)
264:(PDF)
125:taxon
43:Latin
380:2016
354:2015
300:"cf"
283:2016
247:2016
221:2016
209:"cf"
190:Viz.
175:Aff.
96:cf.
58:vide
403:cf.
123:or
50:or
39:cf.
416::
337:.
322:^
306:.
302:.
285:.
237:.
211:.
143::
21:Cf
382:.
356:.
316:.
249:.
223:.
34:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.