l1
abbreviation
1(Giving position or direction) left: l to r: Gordon, Anthony, and Mark
2(Chiefly in horse racing) length(s): distances 5 l, 3 l
3 (l.) (In textual references) line: l. 648
4 Chemistry Liquid.
5Litre(s).
6 (l.) archaic Pound(s): a salary of 4l. a week
symbol
(In mathematical formulae) length.
L2
/ɛl
/(also l)
noun (plural Ls or L's)
1The twelfth letter of the alphabet.
1.1Denoting the next after K in a set of items, categories, etc.
2 (L) A shape like that of a capital L: [in combination]: an L-shaped building
2.1 (usually ell) North American An extension of a building or room that is at right angles to the main part: 1820 brick Federal Colonial featuring clapboard ell...
- The roof of the kitchen ell was raised and a suite of rooms for servants added on the second story.
- He found that the cellar extended under both sections of the house, that the stone foundation walls were uniform throughout, and that the first-floor framing indicated a single sill common to both the main house and ell.
- In June 1852 Thomas Gilmour bought a lot on Prytania Street for $6,100, and the house, which had six rooms and a service ell, was finished in 1853 at a cost of $9,500.
2.2 (usually ell) North American A bend or joint for connecting two pipes at right angles.
3The Roman numeral for 50.
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
L3
/ɛl/abbreviation
1(In tables of sports results) games lost.
2 Chemistry Laevorotatory: L-tryptophan
3 (L.) Lake, Loch, or Lough (chiefly on maps): L. Ontario
4Large (as a clothes size).
5British (On a motor vehicle) learner driver.
6 (L.) Linnaeus (as the source of names of animal and plant species): Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio machaon (L., 1758)
7Lire: the San Paolo deal should raise around L1,500bn
8Luxembourg (international vehicle registration).
symbol
1 Chemistry Avogadro’s constant.
2 Physics Inductance.