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l
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun l has 4 senses
- l(n = noun.quantity) cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, liter, litre - a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints); Array is a kind of metric capacity unit
- l(n = noun.quantity) 50, fifty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five; Array is a kind of large integer
- l(n = noun.quantity) lambert - a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter; Array is a kind of illumination unit
- l(n = noun.communication) Array - the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet; Array is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet
has parts: deciliter, decilitre, dl
is a part of dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
Adjective l has 1 sense
- l(s = adj.all) 50, fifty - being ten more than forty; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
l, n.
- L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phœnician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus). [1913 Webster]" At the end of monosyllables containing a single vowel, it is often doubled, as in fall, full, bell; but not after digraphs, as in foul, fool, prowl, growl, foal. In English words, the terminating syllable le is unaccented, the e is silent, and l is preceded by a voice glide, as in able, eagle, pronounced
ā"b'l ,. See Guide to Pronunciation ," [1913 Webster] - As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language. [1913 Webster]"For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian
chi , " [1913 Webster]
l, n.
- An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter
L ; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [1913 Webster] - A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [1913 Webster]
l, a.
- Having the general shape of the (capital) letter
L ; as, anL beam, orL -beam. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - Elevated; -- a symbol for
el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
l, n. (also l) (pl. Ls or L's)
1 the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
2 (as a Roman numeral) 50.
3 a thing shaped like an L, esp. a joint connecting two pipes at right angles.
1 the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
2 (as a Roman numeral) 50.
3 a thing shaped like an L, esp. a joint connecting two pipes at right angles.
l, abbr. (also L.)
1 Lake.
2 Brit. learner driver (cf. L-PLATE).
3 Liberal.
4 Licentiate.
5 Biol. Linnaeus.
6 Lire.
1 Lake.
2 Brit. learner driver (cf. L-PLATE).
3 Liberal.
4 Licentiate.
5 Biol. Linnaeus.
6 Lire.
l, abbr. (also l.)
1 left.
2 line.
3 litre(s).
4 length.
5 archaic pound(s) (money).
1 left.
2 line.
3 litre(s).
4 length.
5 archaic pound(s) (money).
THESAURUS
l
R, Sexagesima, acting area, addition, angle, annex, apex, apron, apron stage, backstage, band shell, bandstand, bend, bifurcation, bight, board, boxcar, boxcars, branch, bridge, cable railway, cant, chevron, cog railway, coin, corner, coulisse, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dock, dogleg, dozen, dressing room, duodecimo, eighty, el, elbow, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, eleven, ell, embankment, extension, feeder, feeder line, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, fork, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, furcation, gravity-operated railway, greenroom, grid, gridiron, half a hundred, hook, horse railway, inflection, junction, knee, light railroad, lightboard, line, long dozen, main line, metro, monorail, ninety, nonagenarian, nook, octogenarian, orchestra, orchestra pit, performing area, pit, point, proscenium, proscenium stage, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, quoin, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, roadbed, roadway, score, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, shell, sidetrack, siding, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, stage, stage left, stage right, street railway, streetcar line, subway, swerve, switchback, switchboard, teens, terminal, terminus, the boards, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, twelve, twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, underground, veer, vertex, wing, wings, zag, zig, zigzag
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