l's
noun, plural L's or Ls, l's or ls.
1.
the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2.
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.
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| —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] | |
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Medical Dictionary
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
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Science Dictionary
| l
Abbreviation of length, liter |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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