L (disambiguation)

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L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet.

L may also refer to, or may also be an abbreviation used to denote:

[edit] Computers

• L (complexity), a complexity class in computational complexity theory
• L programming language

[edit] Film and literature

• L (novel), by Erlend Loe
• L (Death Note), a character in Death Note media
• Class L, a fictional planetary classification in Star Trek media
• A character played by Linda Fiorentino in Men In Black

[edit] Mathematics

• Gödel's constructible universe, a particular class of sets which can be described entirely in terms of simpler sets
• L-function

[edit] Music

• L (album), by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley
• L (Steve Hillage album), by Steve Hillage

[edit] Science

[edit] Astronomy

• l represents galactic longitude in the Galactic coordinate system

[edit] Biology

• Carl Linnaeus, in botanist author citations
• Laelia, an orchid genus
• Haplogroup L (Y-DNA)
• Vertebra in the lumbar region of the spinal cord

[edit] Chemistry

• Avogadro constant, in some German scientific literature
• Leucine, an α-amino acid

[edit] Physics

• Class L, a Stellar classification
• Inductance, the ratio of the magnetic flux to the current in an electrical cicuit
• Lagrangian, a function that summarizes the dynamics of a dynamical system
• L band, a radio frequency range
• Luminosity
• Angular momentum

[edit] Units of measurement

• Length
• Litre

[edit] Vehicles and transportation

• Chicago 'L', a rapid transit system in Chicago
• L (New York City Subway service)
• L-plate, a plate for learning drivers under instruction
• The low gear of an automatic transmission

[edit] Other uses

• Canon L lens
• Left (direction)
• Lucius, a Roman praenomen
• The Roman numeral 50
• The velar lateral approximant in IPA notation
• The L Magazine

[edit] See also

• Big L (disambiguation)

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