Category: F

  • Free and open‐source software (F/OSS, FOSS)

    Software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, copy, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code.  

  • Free and open‐source software (F/OSS, FOSS)

    Software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, copy, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code.  

  • Framework misfit

    Contacting surface discrepancy between an accurately fitting framework and one which does not fit accurately.  

  • Framework

    An interior or imbedded, openwork or structural frame used to support some other object or objects. The skeletal portion of prosthesis (usually metal, sometimes ceramic) around which and to which are attached the remaining portions of the prosthesis to produce a finished restoration. For dental prostheses, the framework may be any metal or combination of…

  • Fracture strength

    Strength at a fracture based on the original dimensions of the specimen.  

  • Fracture

    Failure caused by growth of a crack. To result in a fracture; to split up, rupture, or tear. Term used to describe an injury to a bone in which the continuity of the tissue is broken. Any break in the integrity of a bone. Specifically, are identified as (a) simple, no external wound; (b) compound,…

  • Foveae palatinae

    Two depressions found in the posterior portion of the palatal mucosa, one on each side of the midline, either at or in close proximity to the place where the soft and hard palates meet.  

  • Fossa

    Fossae, channel or shallow depression (e.g., axillary fossa, the armpit). A depression or hollow. The cubital fossa is the triangular hollow at the front of the elbow joint; the iliac fossa is the depression in the inner surface of the ilium; the pituitary fossa is the hollow in the sphenoid bone in which the pituitary…

  • FOSS, F/OSS (abbrev)

    Free and open‐source software.  

  • Forward protrusion

    An anterior or frontward protuberance of the centric position.