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1. Abbreviation for liter, a metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a kilogram of water at 4 degrees centigrade and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury. Metric equivalents — There are 1000 cubic centimeters or 1 cubic decimeter in 1 liter. U.S. equivalent — A liter is a little more than a quart (1.057 U.S. liquid quarts). The abbreviation for liter can also be written as a capital "L". The word "liter" derives from the French "litre" and that, in turn, is derived from the Latin "litra", a pound. 2. Abbreviation for liter, a metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a kilogram of water at 4 degrees centigrade and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury. Metric equivalents — There are 1000 cubic centimeters or 1 cubic decimeter in 1 liter. U.S. equivalent — A liter is a little more than a quart (1.057 U.S. liquid quarts). The abbreviation for liter can also be written as a lower-case "l". The word "liter" derives from the French "litre" and that, in turn, is derived from the Latin "litra", a pound.

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1. Abbreviation for left ( e.g., 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. See dose.

Symbol for linking number.

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angular momentum; Avogadro constant; boundary [Lat. limes]; coefficient of induction; diffusion length; inductance; Lactobacillus; lambda; lambert; latent heat; latex; Latin; leader sequence; left; Legionella; Leishmania; length; lente insulin; lethal; leucine; levo-; lewisite; lidocaine; ligament; light; light sense; lingual; Listeria; liter; liver; low; lower; lumbar; luminance; lymph; lymphocyte; outer membrane layer of cell wall of gram-negative bacteria [layer]; pound [Lat. libra]; radiance; self-inductance; syphilis [Lat. lues]; threshold [Lat. limen]

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L abbr

1) left

2) levorotatory

3) light

4) liquid

5) liter

6) lumbar used esp. with a number from 1 to 5 to indicate a vertebra or segment of the spinal cord in the lumbar region

L symbol lithium

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light chain (immunoglobulin); lambert; left; leucine; liter; lung; lumbar vertebra (L1 through L5).