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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fl. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. floruit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. guilder

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Fl 3 British  

symbol

  1. flerovium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

The two galvanometer coils, fl and fr, are wound differentially and both coils most carefully balanced so that the two windings have equal temperature coefficients.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Francis Gano Benedict

Fl Lieut Stark told the coroner that he did not have a full memory of the actual moment he ejected from the aircraft.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2021

Putting the trends together, we obtain Kr < Br < Ge < Fl.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Sum 41, All Time Low and Simple Plan, will be along for the tour’s ride, which makes 38 stops from coast to coast, including Las Vegas, Toronto, Atlanta, Scranton, Pa.; and Tampa, Fl.

From New York Times May 17, 2018

On the local level here in Palm Beach Country, Fl.,

From Golf Digest Dec. 24, 2017

According to the Harvard photometric measures its brightest star is Fl.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

You see, she drove from Mexico Beach, FL to see us in Mobile, AL, and Mary Ester, FL was along her route, about halfway between us.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2024

He took his future into his own hands instead, learning how to produce with a cracked copy of FL Studio and rapping into a USB microphone.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2024

The two most common variants in the U.S. today, EG.5 and FL 1.51, accounted for about 35% of the infections in the 2 weeks preceding 3 September.

From Science Magazine Sep. 8, 2023

Infections from Fornax, officially known as FL 1.5.1, are also rising across the country.

From Reuters Aug. 17, 2023

CONSTANTIVS," and the diademed head, and the legends, "FL.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

So far, then, for our planet fL is less than 1/108, a millionth of a percent.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Prices range from $30-$50 for 6 fl. oz., and products are available on NormaLife.com and at Barneys New York.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2019

The labels feature a sinister image of the Flint Water Plant and reads “16 fl. oz. non-potable.”

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2018

I was on the 14th fl. of my apartment building asleep when the quake hit.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2010

In Austria it brings 4 to 5 fl., equal to $1.60 to $2 per kilo.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various

I gave him six fl. worth of my best prints for it.

From Albert Durer by T. Sturge Moore

There is a restaurant in Pensacola, Fl., not far from where I live.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2023

It was the culmination of a historic season shortened to just 22 regular-season games played entirely at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fl. due to the coronavirus pandemic.

From Seattle Times Aug. 19, 2021

During his time in Fort Myers, Fl., several years ago, Saipov was "a very good person," an acquaintance, Kobiljon Matkarov, told the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2017

The same report says BlackBerry also cut 75 employees from its Sunrise, Fl. office.

From Time Feb. 5, 2016

Fl. in summer and maturing fruit in late summer or autumn.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

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