l

The definition of l is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet.

(noun)

An example of l is the first letter in the word "lamp."

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See l in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or L

noun pl. L's, l's

  1. the twelfth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek lambda, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (l) of love
  3. a type or impression for l or L
  4. the twelfth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of l or L
  2. twelfth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

  1. land
  2. large
  3. latitude
  4. law
  5. leaf
  6. league
  7. left
  8. length
  9. line
  10. link
  11. lira; lire
  12. liter(s)
  13. long
  14. loss(es)
  15. Origin: L libra, pl. librae

    Brit. pound(s) sterling: now usually £

noun pl. L's

  1. ☆ an extension of a building that gives the whole a shape resembling ; ell
  2. a Roman numeral for 50: with a superior bar (), 50,000
  3. Origin: for el, short for elevated

    an elevated railroad

  1. lake
  2. lambert(s)
  3. large
  4. Physics latent heat
  5. Latin
  6. left
  7. length
  8. lira; lire
  9. liter(s)
  10. Football lineman
    sometimes written l
  11. lobby
  12. longitude
  13. loss(es)

  1. Avogadro constant
  2. Elec. inductance
  3. Origin: L libra, pl. librae

    Brit. pound(s) sterling: now usually £

levorotatory: usually printed in italic type [l-limonene]: now usually symbolized by a minus sign (−)

having an asymmetrical, left-handed spatial arrangement of atoms: usually printed as a small capital: -glucose

See l in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or L

noun pl. L's l's or L's also ls or Ls
  1. The 12th letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter l.
  3. The 12th in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter L.

abbreviation
  1. length
  2. liter

also l

The symbol for the Roman numeral 50.

abbreviation
  1. lambert
  2. large
  3. left
  4. low

abbreviation
  1. line
  2. lira

abbreviation
  1. lake
  2. Latin
  3. licentiate
  4. Linnaean

The symbol for levorotatory.

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: an L-amino acid.

Origin:

Origin: From l(evorotatory)

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