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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

It was perhaps the ultimate form of domestic entertainment: it brought the world into the home, occasioned family togetherness, and delivered hours of relaxing entertainment—all at the fl ip of a switch.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2013

Between 1850 and 1914, 375,430,000 fl. have been devoted to the reduction of debt; and the Sinking Fund in 1915 was 6,346,000 fl.

From History of Holland by Edmundson, George

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