History, etymology, and pronunciation of l, the 12th letter of the alphabet. Ancestors of this letter were the Semitic lamedh and the Greek lambda. The sound consistently represented by the letter throughout its history has been the liquid or …
Details1. Abbreviation for left (for example, left eye); lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L5). 2. Symbol for inductance; liter; leucine; leucyl. 3. Abbreviation for limes; used with a lower case letter, plus sign, subscript letter, or subscript plus sign as a symbol for various doses of toxin. L Symbol for linking number. l
DetailsThe symbol for the Roman numeral 50. L 2 abbr. 1. lambert 2. large 3. left 4. or l liter 5. Sports loss 6. low l 1 or L (ĕl) n. pl. 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. l 2 abbr. length
Detailsnoun, plural L's or Ls, l's or ls. the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. any spoken sound represented by the letter L or l, as in let, dull, cradle. a written or printed representation of the letter L or l. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter L or l.
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