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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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l or L (ɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl l's, L's, Ls | |
| 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 |
| 3. | a. something shaped like an L |
| b. (in combination): an L-shaped room | |
| L or L | |
| —n | |
| l or L (ɛl) | |
| —n , pl l's, L's, Ls | |
| 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 |
| 3. | a. something shaped like an L |
| b. (in combination): an L-shaped room | |
| L or L | |
| —n | |
| l | |
| —symbol for | |
| 1. | litre |
| 2. | physics lepton number |
| L | |
| —symbol for | |
| 1. | ell (unit) |
| 2. | lambert(s) |
| 3. | large |
| 4. | Latin |
| 5. | (on British motor vehicles) learner driver |
| 6. | physics length |
| 7. | live |
| 8. | currency |
| a. Usually written: £ pound | |
| b. lempira | |
| c. lek | |
| d. leu | |
| e. lire | |
| 9. | aeronautics lift |
| 10. | electronics inductor (in circuit diagrams) |
| 11. | physics latent heat |
| 12. | physics self-inductance |
| 13. | chem the Avogadro constant |
| 14. | Roman numeral See Roman numerals 50 |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 15. | Luxembourg (international car registration) |
| [(for sense 8a) Latin libra pound] | |
| L. or l. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | lake |
| 2. | left |
| 3. | length |
| l. or l. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| L. or l. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | lake |
| 2. | left |
| 3. | length |
| l. or l. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
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L- pref.
Relating to the configuration of l-glyceraldehyde, a compound chosen as the basis for stereochemical nomenclature because it is the simplest carbohydrate that can form optical isomers: l-lactic acid.
L abbr.
inductance
left
limes (used with a lower case letter or a plus sign, or used with a subscript letter or plus sign as a symbol for various doses of toxin)
or l liter
l- pref. l-
To the left; levo: l-lactic acid.
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| l
Abbreviation of length, liter |
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l
unit of volume in the metric system, equal to one cubic decimetre (0.001 cubic metre). From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4C (39.2F) and standard atmospheric pressure; in 1964 the original, present value was reinstated. One litre is equivalent to approximately 1.0567 U.S. quart.
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