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ASL

1. American Shuffleboard League.
2. American Sign Language.
3. American Soccer League.

American Sign Language

–noun
a visual-gesture language, having its own semantic and syntactic structure, used by deaf people in the U.S. and English-speaking parts of Canada. Abbreviation: ASL
Also called Ameslan.


Origin:
1960–65
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American Sign Language  
n.   Abbr. ASL
The primary sign language used by deaf and hearing-impaired people in the United States and Canada, devised in part by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet on the basis of sign language in France. Also called Ameslan.
ASL  
abbr.  American Sign Language
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Computing Dictionary

ASL
1. Algebraic Specification Language.
2. A rather gruff way of asking someone their age, sex, and location.
(2008-01-21)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ASL
  1. age/sex/location?

  2. American Sign Language

  3. American Soccer League

  4. atmospheric surface layer

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