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    wl
    Also w.l. water line.
  • WL
    WL
    abbreviation
    St Lucia (international car registration)

wl

American  
  1. Also w.l. water line.

  2. wavelength.


WL British  

abbreviation

  1. St Lucia (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

Etymology

Origin of WL

from W(indward Islands St) L(ucia)

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The distribution of total shear, due to a dead load wl per ft. run and a travelling load wl per ft. run, is shown in fig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Talman uses that Dispatch in Loading of his Vessell, which I am sure he now has in his power to do this Tobo. wl come to a very good market, I hope.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore

In gwl, gwr, qwr, wl, wr there is a very light but quite audible sound of w before the l or r. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner

Compound: bm, ch, dh, dn, gw, gh, ng, qw, sh, th, wh, zh, gwl, gwr, qwr, wl, wr.

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner

In this case p = w, and the area P is given by P = wl.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Kathryn VanArendonk has an interesting interview in Vulture with WL creator Mike White who says he accepts the criticism of the show.

From The Verge Aug. 22, 2021

WL Totally – especially on YouTube, when people will go, “I got up, I ate breakfast, you know, I went to John Lewis.”

From The Guardian Oct. 19, 2019

Invesco and WL Ross & Co were listed as stakeholders in the partnership when Chongqing filed its annual report on March 29.

From Reuters Aug. 16, 2019

Prior job: Investment banker, chairman of WL Ross & Co.

From Fox News May 15, 2019

WL we returned to Boston some few days later, and the time of Lord Cheldthorpe’s visitation grew to its close, 03-01 appeared to be in ever more anxious a state.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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