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fl

1 American  

abbreviation

Sports.
  1. flanker.


Fl 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.
  1. flerovium.


FL 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Florida (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. foreign language.


fL 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. foot-lambert.


fl. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. flourished.


fl. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in the Netherlands) guilder; guilders.


fl. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. floor.

  2. florin.

  3. fluid.


Fl. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. Flanders.

  2. Flemish.


FL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Flight Lieutenant

  2. Florida

  3. Liechtenstein (international car registration)

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fl. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. floruit

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symbol

  1. guilder

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Fl 3 British  

symbol

  1. flerovium

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Etymology

Origin of fl.5

From the Latin word flōruit

Origin of fl.6

From the Dutch word florin

Example Sentences

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We see a sharp work on Sept 21st, 5 fl in 59 seconds. 5-1 is a very nice price.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019

He was moving from Austin to Los Angeles and knew his wife, Maryse—who co-stars in the couple’s USA reality series, “Miz & Mrs.”—wouldn’t want him fl ying off to play golf.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 18, 2019

Some fraction of those habitable planets, fl, would actually blossom into living worlds, and some fraction of those living worlds, fi, would give birth to intelligent, conscious beings.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2013

After all, the TV Dinner was the fruit of a prospering new science: fl ash freezing.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2013

All this I set at as much as thirty fl.

From Albert Durer by Moore, T. Sturge