L (disambiguation)

L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet.

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

Contents 1 Computers 2 Film and literature 3 Mathematics 4 Music 5 Science 5.1 Astronomy 5.2 Biology 5.3 Chemistry 5.4 Physics 6 Units of measurement 7 Vehicles and transportation 8 Other uses 9 See also

Computers

• L (complexity), a complexity class in computational complexity theory
• L programming language
• L - A Mathemagical Adventure, a 1984 computer game

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

Mathematics

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

Music

• L (Godley & Creme album), 1978
• L (Ayumi Hamasaki EP), 2010
• L (Steve Hillage album), 1976
• L (Candy Lo EP), 2008
• L (moe. album), 2000
• Lesure Number, music catalogue identifier: See List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure Numbers

Science

Astronomy

• l represents galactic longitude in the Galactic coordinate system

Biology

• Carl Linnaeus, in botanist author citations (L.)
• Laelia, an orchid genus
• Haplogroup L (Y-DNA)
• Vertebra in the lumbar region of the spinal cord
• ATC code L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

Chemistry

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

Physics

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

Units of measurement

• Length
• L, l or ℓ - Litre

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

Other uses

• Canon L lens
• Left (direction)
• Lucius, a Roman praenomen
• The Roman numeral 50
• The velar lateral approximant in IPA notation
• The low-prestige register in a diglossia.

See also

• Big L (disambiguation)

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