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l

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. large.

  2. liter; liters.

L 2 American  
[el] / ɛl /
Or l

noun

plural

L's, Ls, l's, ls

  1. the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter L or l, as in let, dull, cradle.

  3. something having the shape of an L .

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter L or l.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter L or l.

L 3 American  
[el] / ɛl /

noun

Informal.

plural

L's, Ls

  1. an elevated railroad.

L 4 American  
[el] / ɛl /

noun

plural

L's, Ls

  1. ell.

L 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. British. pound; pounds.

L 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Optics. lambert; lamberts.

  2. language.

  3. large.

  4. Latin.

  5. left.

  6. length.

  7. long: denoting a size longer than regular, especially for suits and coats made for tall men.

    40L.

  8. longitude.

  9. Theater. stage left.

  10. Economics. a broad measure of total U.S. liquid assets, issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board.

L 7 American  
Symbol.

  1. the 12th in order or in a series.

  2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 50.

  3. Electricity. inductance.

  4. Physics. kinetic potential.

  5. Biochemistry. leucine.

l- 8 American  
Symbol, Biochemistry.

  1. (of a molecule) having a configuration resembling the levorotatory isomer of glyceraldehyde: printed as a small capital, roman character (D- ).

l- 9 American  
Symbol, Optics, Chemistry, Biochemistry.

  1. levorotatory; levo- (d- ).

L- 10 American  

abbreviation

  1. Chemistry. levo-.

  2. U.S. Military. (in designations of light aircraft) liaison.

    L-15.
l. 11 American  

abbreviation

plural

ll.

  1. large.

  2. latitude.

  3. law.

  4. leaf.

  5. league.

  6. left.

  7. length.

  8. line.

  9. link.

  10. (in Italy) lira; lire.

  11. liter; liters.

  12. long.

L. 12 American  

abbreviation

  1. book.

L. 13 American  

abbreviation

  1. place.

L. 14 American  

abbreviation

  1. Lady.

  2. Lake.

  3. large.

  4. Latin.

  5. latitude.

  6. law.

  7. left.

  8. lempira; lempiras.

  9. leu; lei.

  10. lev; leva.

  11. Liberal.

  12. (in Italy) lira; lire.

  13. Lord.

  14. Low.

  15. lumen.

  16. Theater. stage left.

L 1 British  

symbol

  1. ell (unit)

  2. lambert(s)

  3. large

  4. Latin

  5. (on British motor vehicles) learner driver

  6. physics length

  7. live

  8. currency

    1. Usually written: £.  pound

    2. lempira

    3. lek

    4. leu

    5. lire

  9. aeronautics lift

  10. electronics inductor (in circuit diagrams)

  11. physics latent heat

  12. physics self-inductance

  13. chem the Avogadro constant

  14. 50 See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

  1. Luxembourg (international car registration)

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l 2 British  
/ ɛl /

noun

  1. the 12th letter and ninth consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a lateral, as in label

    1. something shaped like an L

    2. ( in combination )

      an L-shaped room
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L. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. lake

  2. left

  3. length

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l 4 British  

symbol

  1. litre

  2. physics lepton number

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l Scientific  

  1. Abbreviation of length, liter

Etymology

Origin of L5

From the Latin word lībra

Origin of L.12

From the Latin word liber

Origin of L.13

From the Latin word locus

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