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What's The Definition Of L?
[n] the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
[n] a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter [n] a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints) [n] the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five [adj] being ten more than forty Synonyms | Synonyms for L: 50 | 50 | cardinal | cubic decimeter | cubic decimetre | fifty | fifty | lambert | liter | litre Related Terms | Find terms related to L: 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 | R | rack railway | rack-and-pinion railway | rail | rail line | railroad | railway | roadbed | roadway | score | septuagenarian | seventy | sexagenarian | sexagenary | Sexagesima | 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 See Also | alphabetic character | dal | decaliter | decalitre | deciliter | decilitre | dekaliter | dekalitre | dkl | dl | illumination unit | large integer | letter | letter of the alphabet | metric capacity unit | Roman alphabet L In Webster's Dictionary \L\ ([e^]l).
1. 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
Ph[oe]nician, 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).
Note: 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 [=a]"b'l,
?"g'l. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 241.
2. As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the
Latin language.
For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian chi, ?, which
assumed the less difficult lapidary type, ?, and was
then easily assimilated to L. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
\L\ ([e^]l), n. 1. 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. [Written also {ell}.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also {ell}.] \L\, a. 1. Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam. 2. Elevated; -- a symbol for {el.} as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad. -- n. An elevated road; as, to ride on the L. [Colloq., U. S.] |
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