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    Gl
    glucinum.
  • gl.
    gl.
    abbreviation
    glass.
  • GL
    GL
    abbreviation
    (used in digital communications) good luck.
  • g/l
    g/l
    abbreviation
    grams per liter.
  • gl
    gl
    abbreviation
    Greenland

Gl

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. glucinum.


gl. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. glass.

  2. gloss.


GL 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (used in digital communications) good luck.


g/l 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. grams per liter.


GL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. glycaemic load

"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

gl 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Greenland

"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

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The ‘diabolical’ sound produced by F and B, a distance known as a tritone, is likewise produced by pairing Bt and E, E and A#, C and Gl>, and all the other possible tritones.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A before a noun is commonly a corruption of the S. on, as proved clearly by the examples in Tyrwhitt’s Gl.,

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

This is to be read, following the lines of the "figures of eight": H, He, Li, Gl, B, C, N, and so on, each successive element being heavier than the one preceding it in order.

From Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by Sinnett, A. P.

The manner is such as is set down in gl. p. quaest.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Ferrandat, et not. gl. in c. fin. de sortil. et l. sed cum ambo. ff. de jud.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

In doing whereof Tenot did heinously transgress against the law which prohibiteth children to reproach the actions of their parents; per gl. et Bart. l.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

“Greenland offers a density of critical natural resources that is virtually unmatched,” says Robert Price, CEO of the Texas-based oil-drilling company March GL, which is looking to extract oil from Greenland’s Jameson Land basin.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

Shaw also said an examination of video shot 360 feet from the crosswalk showed Erickson was driving a 2016 Mercedes GL 63 AMG, not a 2007 Mercedes SUV as he told investigators.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2024

It says the 2023 figure could be more than 2,200 GL.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2023

Bitcoin's water consumption is expected to increase to 2,300 GL in 2023, de Vries says,

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2023

They attacked the force there with great fury, assailing it in front and rear, but they were ultimately repulsed, and finally took up the line GL.

From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner

But I’m feeling less so, So gl fo, And I hope I don’t join you in hell.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2018

Within languages, research has shown that sounds can become associated with ideas — for example, English words having to do with sight, like "glance," "glimmer" and "glare," all start with the sound "gl."

From Washington Post Sep. 12, 2016

I can’t imagine playing that way; it seems to me like one of those long, long Bloomsbury correspondences, which would now, if transplanted to our era, begin inauspiciously: vwoolf: gl vsackvillewest: ty, u2!

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2011

Nzib szw z orggov ozny, Rg'h uovvxv dzh dsrgv zh hmld, Zmw vevibdsviv gszg Nzib dvmg, Gsv ozny dzh hfiv gl tl.

From Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Piece of leafy stem. 1-3 enlarged. s, Sepals. p, Petals. l, Labellum, representing two barren stamens. st, Fertile stamen. y, Staminode. x, Tip of style bearing the stigma. z, Style. gl, Honey-secreting glands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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