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a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,258 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,765 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) also: liter, litre, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five also: fifty, 50
- a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter also: lambert
- the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
adjective
- being ten more than forty also: fifty, 50
L in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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At the last General Meeting of the L.C.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Madame de Staël lent it me to read from Copet last autumn.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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L Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried, "Forward!"
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Owing to the high cost of material we understand that a certain pill is to-day worth L1 11s.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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E V I L I am cast upon a desolate island, having no hopes, no prospects of a welcome deliverance.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1