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LS

1. left side.
2. letter signed.
3. library science.
4. lightship.

L.S.

1. Licentiate in Surgery.
2. Linnaean Society.
3. the place of the seal, as on a document.

Origin:
(def. 3) < L locus sigillī

l.s.

See L.S. (def. 3).

L, l

[el]
–noun, plural L's or Ls, l's or 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

[el]
–noun, plural L's or Ls. Informal.
an elevated railroad.

L

[el]
–noun, plural L's or Ls.
ell 1 .
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l 1 or L   (ěl)   
n.   pl. l's or L's also ls or Ls
  1. The 12th letter of the modern English alphabet.

  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter l.

  3. The 12th in a series.

  4. Something shaped like the letter L.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Financial Dictionary

L

Used in stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate that during the day's activity the stock traded at a new 52-week low: L53 1/2.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: L.S.
Function: abbreviation
Etymology: Latin locus sigilli
place of the seal —used on sealed documents
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: L
Function: symbol
lithium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

L abbr.

  1. inductance

  2. left

  3. 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)

  4. or l liter

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

ls
1. The Unix command for listing a directory.
Unix manual page: ls(1).
2. The country code for Lesotho.
(2000-03-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
LS
  1. Lesotho (international vehicle ID)

  2. level sensor

  3. lumbosacral

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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