L (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

abbreviation
  1. large.
  2. liter; liters.
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.
noun, plural L's or Ls.Informal.
  1. an elevated railroad.
noun, plural L's or Ls.
  1. ell1.
abbreviation
  1. pound; pounds.
abbreviation
  1. lambert; lamberts.
  2. language.
  3. large.
  4. Latin.
  5. left.
  6. length.
  7. long: denoting a size longer than regular, especially for suits and coats made for tall men: 40L.
  8. longitude.
  9. stage left.
  10. a broad measure of total U.S. liquid assets, issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board.
Symbol.
  1. the 12th in order or in a series.
  2. the Roman numeral for 50.
  3. inductance.
  4. kinetic potential.
  5. leucine.
Symbol, Biochemistry.
  1. (of a molecule) having a configuration resembling the levorotatory isomer of glyceraldehyde: printed as a small capital, roman character (distinguished from D-).
Symbol, Optics, Chemistry, Biochemistry.
  1. levorotatory; levo- (distinguished from d-).
abbreviation
  1. levo-.
  2. (in designations of light aircraft) liaison: L-15.
abbreviation
  1. large.
  2. latitude.
  3. law.
  4. leaf.
  5. league.
  6. left.
  7. length.
  8. line.
  9. link.
  10. (in Italy) lira; lire.
  11. liter; liters.
  12. long.
abbreviation
  1. book.
abbreviation
  1. place.
abbreviation
  1. Lady.
  2. Lake.
  3. large.
  4. Latin.
  5. latitude.
  6. law.
  7. left.
  8. lempira; lempiras.
  9. leu; lei.
  10. lev; leva.
  11. Liberal.
  12. (in Italy) lira; lire.
  13. Lord.
  14. Low.
  15. lumen.
  16. stage left.
symbol for
  1. litre
  2. lepton number
noun plural l's, L's or 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
    • something shaped like an L
    • (in combination)
symbol for
  1. ell (unit)
  2. lambert(s)
  3. large
  4. Latin
  5. (on British motor vehicles) learner driver
  6. length
  7. live
  8. currency
    • pound
    • lempira
    • lek
    • leu
    • lire
  9. lift
  10. inductor (in circuit diagrams)
  11. latent heat
  12. self-inductance
  13. the Avogadro constant
  14. 50
abbreviation for
  1. Luxembourg (international car registration)
abbreviation for
  1. lake
  2. left
  3. length
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