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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

Again: if any commodity costs, for instance, 2 fl.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 by William Chambers

It follows a recent appeal for people to attend Fl Sgt Brown's funeral.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023

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

It is possible that Mueller's Tubulifera ceratum, Fl.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

On March 12, Spices USA Inc. of Hialeah, FL, initiated a recall of Tasty-Sawa cinnamon due to elevated lead levels.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 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

“President Drescher is managing a physically demanding schedule across three time zones, overseeing negotiations and working on location daily as well as managing her parents’ needs in FL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

Windermere, FL 34786     The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty   This book is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States license.

From The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty by Víctor José Fernández Bolívar

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

Therewith he wrote "300,000 fl." as the next entry.

From The Baron's Sons by M?r J?kai

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

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

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023

One day this summer, he and his buddy took a charter off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fl. for an afternoon of sun, fun and deep-sea fishing on the Atlantic Ocean.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

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

In addition to the Hotel at Oberlin, Olympia runs the Alfond Inn, in Winter Park, Fl., which is owned by Rollins College, and the Inn at Swarthmore, which opened earlier this year.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2016

Fl. solitary, or 2–8, sessile in a bracted cluster, much larger than the staminate flowers.

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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