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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
l
abbreviation
  • 1 left.
  • 2 (in horse racing) length(s).
  • 3 (l.) line.
  • 4 Chemistry liquid.
  • 5 litre(s).
  • 6 (l.) archaic pound(s).
symbol (in mathematical formulae) length.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
L1 (also l)
noun (pl. Ls or L's)
  • 1 the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
  • 2 denoting the next after K in a set of items, categories, etc.
  • 3 the Roman numeral for 50.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
L2
abbreviation
  • 1 Chemistry laevorotatory.
  • 2 (L.) Lake, Loch, or Lough.
  • 3 large (as a clothes size).
  • 4 Brit. (on a motor vehicle) learner driver.
  • 5 (L.) Linnaeus (as the source of names of animal and plant species).
  • 6 lire.
  • 7 (in tables of sports results) lost.
  • 8 Luxembourg (international vehicle registration).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fifty/ˈfɪfti/
cardinal number (pl. fifties) the number equivalent to the product of five and ten; half of one hundred; 50. (Roman numeral: l or L)
– derivatives
fiftieth ordinal number,
fiftyfold adjective & adverb.
– origin OE fīftig (see five, -ty2).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
litre /ˈliːtə(r)/ (US liter) (abbrev.: l)
noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).
– derivatives
litreage /ˈliːt(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun.
– origin C18: from Fr., alt. of litron (an obs. measure of capacity), via med. L. from Gk litra, a Sicilian monetary unit.
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