L
\ˈɛl], \ˈɛl], \ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of L
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
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a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
By Princeton University
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
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a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
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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.
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A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
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Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam.
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An elevated road; as, to ride on the L.
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Elevated; - a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
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An elevated road; as, to ride on the L.
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is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid.
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As a numeral, stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
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Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an beam, or L-beam.
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Elevated; - a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad.
By Noah Webster.
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1. Abbreviation for left, left eye. 2. Abbreviation for Latin limes, boundary, limit; used in an equation noting the reaction of toxin and antitoxin.
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Denotes the number of doses of toxic bouillon, fatal to a guinea-pig weighing 250 grams, which are necessary, when mixed with one antitoxin unit, to kill the animal within five days, one lethal dose being left uncombined.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The twelfth letter in the English alphabet.
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Something, as the wing of a house, having or making the form of an L; an ell.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The twelfth letter of the alphabet, usually denominated a semi-vowel, or a liquid, and with only one sound in English, as in like, canal. At the end of monosyllables it is often doubled, as in fall, full, but not after diphthongs and digraphs, as foul, foal, &c. As a numeral it stands for 50; lb. stands for pound weight, and lbs. for pounds.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, is denominated a liquid semivowel or imperfect articulation, and has only one sound, as in like, canal. In words terminating in le, the e is silent, and I forms a syllable by itself, as in able, eagle, pronounced abl, egl. As a numeral, L stands for 50, and with a dash over it, 50,000. It also stands for libra, a pound in money, and lb. a pound in weight.
