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Definition(s) of “L”
l
abbreviation
• (giving position or direction) left : l to r: Gordon, Anthony, Jerry, and Mark.
• (chiefly in horse racing) length(s) : distances 5 l, 3 l.
• ( l.) (in textual references) line : l. 648.
• Chemistry liquid.
• liter(s).
• ( l.) archaic pound(s) : a salary of 4l. a week.
symbol
(in mathematical formulas) length.
liter |ˈlētər| ( Brit. litre) (abbr.: l)
noun
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of 1 kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (about 1.75 pints).
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French litre, alteration of litron (an obsolete measure of capacity), via medieval Latin from Greek litra, a Sicilian monetary unit.
L 1 |el| (also l)
noun ( pl. Ls or L's )
1 the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
• denoting the next after K in a set of items, categories, etc.
2 ( L) a shape like that of a capital L : [in combination ] a four-story L-shaped building.
3 the Roman numeral for 50. [ORIGIN: originally a symbol identified with the letter L, because of coincidence of form. In ancient Roman notation, L with a stroke above denoted 50,000.]
L 2
abbreviation
• (in tables of sports results) games lost.
• Chemistry levorotatory : L-tryptophan.
• ( L.) Lake, Loch, or Lough (chiefly on maps) : L. Ontario.
• large (as a clothes size).
• Latin.
• Liberal.
• ( L.) Linnaeus (as the source of names of animal and plant species) : Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio machaon (L., 1758).
• lire.
symbol
• Chemistry Avogadro's number.
• Physics inductance.