IR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ir"

Translingual

Symbol

IR

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Iran.

   Synonym: IRN (alpha-3)

English

Noun

IR (countable and uncountable, plural IRs)

1. (business) Initialism of industrial relations.
2. (business) Initialism of investor relations.
3. (computer science) Initialism of information retrieval.
4. (software compilation) Initialism of intermediate representation.
   • 2021, Kai Nacke, Learn LLVM 12: A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page viii:

     At the end of the chapter, you will have implemented your first compiler producing LLVM IR.

5. (physics) Abbreviation of infrared.
6. (physics) Initialism of infrared radiation.

   IR communication

   IR blaster

7. (aviation) Initialism of inertial reference.
8. (disability sport) Initialism of indoor rowing.
9. (politics) Initialism of international relations.
10. (law enforcement) Initialism of incident report.
11. (pharmacology) Initialism of immediate release.

    Antonym: XR

12. (Ohio, rare) Initialism of interstate route.

Related terms

infrared

• FIR
• FLIR
• LWIR
• MIR
• MWIR
• NIR
• NIRS
• SWIR
• VLWIR
• VSWIR

Adjective

IR (not comparable)

1. (pornography) Initialism of interracial.

Anagrams

• R.I., RI, Ri, ri

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠i a̠ːɾɯ̟]

Noun

IR(アイアール) • (ai āru) 

1. Short for 統合型リゾート (tōgōgata rizōto, “integrated resort”).

Latin

Proper noun

IR

1. (Christianity) Initialism of Iesus Rex (“Jesus, the king”). Short for INRI.

Related terms

• INRI