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Definition: FL

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"FL" is a common misspelling or typo for: fly, El, flu, FO, FP, Flo, LF, FAL, dl, RL, Ful, FEL, FCL, Fla, AFL, flg.

Date "FL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1511. (references)

Specialty Definition: FL

Domain Definition
Computing F+L Functions plus Logic. Equational clauses within function definitions to solve for logic variable bindings. ["Functions plus Logic in Theory and Practice", R.B. Kieburtz, Feb 1987, unpublished]. (1994-10-20) flag 1. A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message." "The program status word Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace 1: Floating Point Data Type (32 Bit). (references)
  2: Flowline. (references)
  3: Fraction that live. (references)
  4: Flight Level. (references)
  5: Feed Lines. (references)
  6: Fail. (references)
Aging Florida. (references)
Environment 1: Foot-lambert. (references)
  2: Foot-lambert. (references)
  3: Fluorinel Service Area. (references)
Forestry Forest License. (references)
Military 1: Small Signal Search Light. (references)
  2: Flashing. (references)
Mining Fire Load Index. (references)
Technology Facilities List. (references)
Weather Flight level or Florida. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: FL

Expressions Definition
Canon FL Canon FL refers to a lens mount standard for 35mm single-lens reflex cameras from Canon. It was introduced in April 1964 with the Canon FX camera, replacing the previous Canon R mount. It was in turn replaced in 1971 by the Canon FD mount. FL lenses can also be used on FD-mount cameras. (references)
FL (complexity) In computational complexity theory, the complexity class FL is the set of function problems which can be solved by a deterministic Turing machine in a logarithmic amount of memory space. (references)
FL Airabonita The Bell FL Airabonita was an experimental shipboard interceptor/fighter developed for the U.S. Navy. It was similar to and a parallel development of the land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tail wheel landing configuration in place of the P-39's tricycle gear. It first flew on May 13, 1940. Only one aircraft was manufactured. (references)
FL programming language FL (short for Function Level) is a programming language created at the IBM Almaden Research Center by John Backus, John Williams, and Edward Wimmers in 1989. (references)
FL Studio FL Studio (formerly Fruityloops) is a music production software package created by Image-Line Software. FL Studio is a pattern based music sequencer and software synthesizer. Music is made by recording and mixing audio and MIDI data together to create a WAV or mp3 file. (references)
Flettner Fl 282 The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri is a single-seat open cockpit helicopter produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. (references)
Live in Orlando, FL Live in Orlando, FL is a live album (2CD set) by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in June 2003. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: FL

Expressions Domain Definition
Alt F Fl Military Alternating Fixed and Flashing. (references)
Alt F Gp Fl Military Alternating Fixed and Group Flashing. (references)
Alt Fl Military Alternating Flashing. (references)
FL (flight level) Aerospace A level of constant atmospheric pressure related to a reference datum of 29.92 inches of mercury. Each is stated in 3 digits that represent hundreds of feet. For example, FL250 (flight level two-five-zero) represents a barometric altimeter indication of 25,000 feet. Flight Levels are FL180 and above. Below 180, aircraft altimeters are set to the closest ground station altimeter reading and altitudes are in thousands of feet. e.g.; 170 (one seven thousand, 17,000 feet). (references)
FL 310 Aerospace For example, FL310 is an altitude 31,000 ft. above sea level; used for altitudes above 18,000 ft. (references)
Fl Mech Aerospace Fluid Mechanical. (references)
Gp Fl Military Group Flashing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FL

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
FL Dutch Fileren N/A
FL English Florida N/A
FL French Filetage Food & Agriculture
fl Italian Fluido Medicine
Fl.dr. English Fluid dram N/A
Fl.B.,fl.Best. German Flüchtige Bestandteile Chemistry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: FL

FL

FL or variations may refer to:

Places

  • Florida (United States postal abbreviation)
  • Liechtenstein (International license plate code)

Businesses and organizations

  • AirTran Airways (IATA airline code)
  • Foot Locker, Inc. (ticker symbol)
  • FL Group, an Icelandic investment company with an emphasis on flight and tourism industry
  • The Football League in England

Measures

  • femtolitre, a metric unit of volume
  • foot-lambert, a unit of luminance
  • Flawless, a grade of diamond clarity
  • Fork length, a standard fish measurement
  • Forestay Length, in sailing

Mathematics and computing

  • FL (complexity), a class of functions in complexity theory
  • FL (programming language)
  • FL Studio, a music production software program
  • Freelancer (computer game)
  • Flash in Adobe Flash, a professional Flash authoring tool by Adobe, as part of Adobe Creative Suite

Numismatics

  • Florin, various coins
  • Guilder, various coins also sometimes called florin

Other

  • Fastest Lap in motorsports
  • Foreign language
  • Flight level, a nominal altitude designation in aviation
  • Freelancer, a self-employed professional
  • Fully Licensed, a restaurant licensed to sell liquor
  • Fanlisting
  • floruit (Latin, "flourished"), used to indicate periods when a person, organization, or species was influential
  • fl (fl), a common typographical ligature

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "FL". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FL

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
FL Lady Bug 53     Canon FL 24
Flettner Fl 282 30     Canon FL 1200mm lens 3
Flettner Fl 184 25     FL 11
Canon FL 24     FL (complexity) 3
Harley-Davidson FL 21     FL (programming language) 4
FL Airabonita 21     FL Airabonita 21
List of drugs: Fl 16     FL Group 14
Volvo FL 15     FL Lady Bug 53
FL Group 14     FL Studio 10
FL 11     Flettner Fl 184 25
FL Studio 10     Flettner Fl 282 30
U.S. Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station Tampa FL 7     Harley-Davidson FL 21
St. Petersburg, FL Riot 1996 5     Isleworth, Windermere, FL 4
Live in Orlando, FL 4     List of drugs: Fl 16
FL (programming language) 4     Live in Orlando, FL 4
Isleworth, Windermere, FL 4     Palm Beach Farms, FL 4
Palm Beach Farms, FL 4     St. Petersburg, FL Riot 1996 5
Canon FL 1200mm lens 3     U.S. Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station Tampa FL 7
FL (complexity) 3     Volvo FL 15

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: FL

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian roztrhnout se (rip open, rip up, split, burst, dispart), poletovat (flit, soar, flirt, flitting, flutter). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina roztrhnout se (rip open, rip up, split, burst, dispart), poletovat (flit, soar, flirt, flitting, flutter). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 法兰长度 (FL), 佛罗里达 (Florida, FL), 手掌fl 海港 (palm harbor fl), 棕榈滩县fl (palm beach county fl), 迈阿密 fl (miami fl), fl第4 工作室 (fl studio 4), fl 健康保险 (fl health insurance), fl 高尔夫球 (fl golf). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 法蘭長度 (FL), 佛羅裡達 (Florida, FL), 棕櫚灘縣fl (palm beach county fl), 手掌fl 海港 (palm harbor fl), 邁阿密 fl (miami fl), fl第4 工作室 (fl studio 4), fl 健康保險 (fl health insurance), fl 高爾夫球 (fl golf). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech roztrhnout se (rip open, rip up, split, burst, dispart), poletovat (flit, soar, flirt, flitting, flutter). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Florin (fl, florin, guilder), Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Français orange fluorescent (FL orange), fluor orange (FL orange), fluo orange (FL orange). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
French orange fluorescent (FL orange), fluor orange (FL orange), fluo orange (FL orange). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
German Florin (fl, florin, guilder), Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Florin (fl, florin, guilder), Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Florin (fl, florin, guilder), Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian lidojuma līmenis (FL, flight level), FL (FL, flight level). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska lidojuma līmenis (FL, flight level), FL (FL, flight level). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch lidojuma līmenis (FL, flight level), FL (FL, flight level). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish lidojuma līmenis (FL, flight level), FL (FL, flight level). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish tornillo de cabeza plana (countersunk head, flat head screw, flat-head screw, pan head machine screw, pan head screw), tornillo allen de cabeza plana (6-point drive flat-head screw, FL soc screw), onzas fluidas (FL Oz). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, FL. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FL

Language Translations for “FL” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin FLAY (FL). Additional references: Pig Latin, FL. (volunteer)
Terran B lloj (FL). Additional references: Terran B, FL. (volunteer)
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