| 1. | Florida (approved esp. for use with zip code). |
| 2. | foreign language. |
| flanker. |
| fL abbr. foot-lambert |
| FL abbr.
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Flor·i·da  (flôr'ĭ-də, flŏr'-)  A state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in 1845. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. Spain finally ceded the area in 1819. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city. Population: 18,300,000. Flo·rid'i·an (flə-rĭd'ē-ən), Flor'i·dan (-ĭd-n) adj. |
| foot-lam·bert (fŏŏt'lām'bərt) n. Abbr. fL A unit of luminance equal to 1/π candela per square foot. |
FL language
Function Level.
John Backus's successor to FP, developed ca. 1985. FL is dynamically typed and adds higher-order functions, exceptions, user-defined types and other features.
["FL Language Manual, Parts 1 & 2", J. Backus et al, IBM Research Report RJ 7100 (1989)].
(1994-10-20)
| fL foot-lambert |
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