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Tl

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. thallium.


TL 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. target language.

  2. Informal. Older Use. trade-last.

  3. truckload.


TL. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in Turkey) lira; liras.


T/L 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. time loan.


T.L. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Informal. Older Use. trade-last. Also t.l.

  2. trade list.


Tl British  

symbol

  1. thallium

"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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B, trivalent; Al, trivalent, but possibly also tetra- or penta-valent; Ga, divalent and trivalent; In, mono-, di- and tri-valent; Tl, monovalent and trivalent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Sulphides of Mn, Zn, Fe, Ni, Co, In, Tl, and Ga. These can again be divided into those which are dissolved by dilute acids and those which are not.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

Attach this piece by first binding to its extremities two strips of aluminium, or by preference very thin tinned iron, Tl and T2.

From Things To Make by Archibald Williams

Thallium is a rare metal, whose atomic weight is 204.2, its symbol being Tl.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

The vehicle was a gold or champagne-colored Acura TL with Maryland license plate number 17971CK.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Vehicles affected include the 2001 and 2002 Honda Accord and Civic, the 2002Honda CR-V and Odyssey SUVs, the 2003 Honda Pilot, the 2002 and 2003 Acura 3.2 TL and the 2003 Acura 3.2 CL.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

“The word for taking $110 out of people’s pockets by pretending to give them 1,425 TL is ‘stealing’!” he said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

Micaela Taylor and TL Collective The L.A.-based dancer-choreographer and company perform a program that includes the recent works “Drift” and “90Sugar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021

You can use trigonometry to determine the magnitude of TL and TR .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The suspect, identified only as Ahn T.L. in line with German privacy laws, was convicted in 2023 of aiding and abetting an abduction as a foreign agent and sentenced to five years in prison.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

I wanted to know what he thought of the inscription on the paper credited to T.L.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 12, 2023

And to get out of it I’ve been listening to Pastor T.L.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

“You see these folks right here?” one of the pastors leading the group, the Rev. T.L.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2021

There are also the letters T.L., the initials of the Abbot, Thomas de Lodelow, who held that office from 1417 to 1437.

From Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various

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