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dl

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. deciliter; deciliters.


DL 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Baseball, Older Use. disabled list.

  2. Slang. down-low (used in the idiomon the down-low ).

    Nate told me on the DL what happened, so I’m not saying a word without his OK.

  3. diesel.


D/L 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. demand loan.


dl British  

symbol

  1. decilitre(s)

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From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

Cunard's Mauretania, commissioned in 1907, is still the fastest British ship but her old records have been broken by Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Conte dl Savoia and Rex.

From Time Magazine Archive

And let each bisegment be cut proportionally in the points d, c, g; so that the lesser segments doe bound the bisecant, to wit, dl, cm, and gr.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

R. A., gedeeltelijk afgedrukt bij Tiele, Opkomst, dl.

From by

Then the whole fl, cut proportionally, and the lesser segment dl, they are by the 7 e xiiij, of treble power to the greater fd, that is, by the fabricke db.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William