L Definition

el
noun
The twelfth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek lambda, a borrowing from the Phoenician.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (l) of love.
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A type or impression for l or L.
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The 12th in a series.
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A Roman numeral for 50: with a superior bar (), 50,000
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Land.
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Large.
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Latitude.
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Law.
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Length.
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adjective
Of l or L.
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Twelfth in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like L.
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symbol
Avogadro constant.
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Inductance.
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Pound(s) sterling.
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(computing) The ASCII control character form feed in caret notation.

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affix
Levorotatory.
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Having an asymmetrical, left-handed spatial arrangement of atoms.
L-glucose.
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letter

The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

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The letter l with a stroke.

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numeral

The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

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pronoun

A Chinese surname (see 陸, 陆).

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A Chinese surname (see 盧, 卢).

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Alternative spelling of Lugh.

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A municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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The language spoken in Yunnan province of China.

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other
In biochemistry, a symbol used as a prefix to indicate the spatial configuration of certain organic compounds with asymmetric carbon atoms. It is used if an organic compound has a configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom analogous to that of L-glyceraldehyde (the arbitrarily chosen standard), in which the hydroxy (OH) functional group is on the left side of the asymmetric carbon atom in a Fischer projection formula.
An L-amino acid.
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Origin of L

  • From l(evorotatory)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

L Sentence Examples

  • If m, and m 2 are the strengths of two poles, d the distance between them expressed in centimetres, and f the force in dynes, f=ml m2/d2 (I) The force is one of attraction or repulsion, according as the sign of the product m l m 2 is negative or positive.

  • The l principal gold-mining regions in these tracts are the .

  • The cardboard scale SS is placed above a wooden screen, having in it a narrow vertical slit which permits a beam of light from the lamp L to reach the mirror of the magnetometer M, whence it is reflected upon the scale.

  • If H l and H2 be the values of 47rinll and 47ri' - 'Z/ l for the 2 2 same induction B, it can be shown that the true magnetizing force is H = H l - (H 2 - H 1).

  • An iron bar shaped like an inverted L projects upwards from each of the yokes, the horizontal portions of the bars being parallel to the rods, and nearly meeting at a height of about 8 in.

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