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L1

American  
Linguistics.
  1. first language; native language.


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"I've been rehabbing a complicated compound fracture in my wrist and a fractured L1 vertebra in my spine," Brockhoff said on Instagram.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Barnard tells clients in a note that strong investment returns are helping L1, and he raises his medium-term growth assumptions to 4.0% from 2.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The cube-shaped spacecraft will orbit Earth for about 16 days before beginning its 110-day journey to its final destination — the L1 Lagrange point.

From DOGO News • Sep. 12, 2023

Aditya L1, as the mission is called, weighs about 3,300 pounds and will travel a distance of about 930,000 miles over four months.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2023

The Tasmanian Government pays L1 for every one destroyed.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis