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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SL |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SL."
Date "SL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
"SL" is a common misspelling or typo for: sell, sill, sly, so, sol. |
Crosswords: SL |
| Specialty definitions using "SL": IntelDX4 ♦ System Management Mode. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SL" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (Republic of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
SL | Danish | Republikken Sierra Leone | Geography |
SL | Dutch | Republiek Sierra Leone | Geography |
SL | English | Sea Level | N/A |
SL | Finnish | Sierra Leonen tasavalta | Geography |
SL | French | La Sierra Leone | Geography |
SL | German | Republik Sierra Leone | Geography |
SL | Greek | Σιέρρα Λεόνε | Geography |
SL | Italian | Repubblica di Sierra Leone | Geography |
SL | Portuguese | Serra Leoa | Geography |
SL | Spanish | Sierra Leona | Geography |
SL | Swedish | Republiken Sierra Leone | Geography |
| SL Rev | English | Scottish Law Review | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Sl. Rieshma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Weyant RS, Bragg SL, Kaufmann AF. Leptospira and Leptonema. (references) | |
Herwaldt BL, Stokes SL, Juranek DD. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in U.S. travelers. (references) | ||
Anderson, LA, Hakojarvi, SL, and Boudreaux, SK.Zinc Acetate Treatment in Wilson's Disease. (references) | ||
Economic History | Spain | The main differences between them are in their capital (10 million pesetas versus half a million), the number of founding members (three versus two), flexibility permitted at general meetings, transfer of shares and management of an SL. (references) |
Spain | If the investor decides to incorporate a subsidiary, the next decision is whether to incorporate a public limited-liability company (Sociedad Anonima, SA) or a private limited company (Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada, SL or SRL). The structure of the SA is for larger operations and the SL for smaller. (references) | |
Peru | The last major terrorist bombing incident in Lima was in May 1997, shortly after the successful April 1997 rescue by Peruvian government troops of the remaining hostages taken by the MRTA in the Japanese ambassador's residence in December 1996. SL violence is now largely confined to the Upper Huallaga Valley (Department's of Huanuco, San Martin, and Ucayali), the isolated provinces of La Libertad and of Junin Departments, and the Northeastern provinces of Ayacucho Department. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SL" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 43.56% of the time. "SL" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 43.56% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 26.73% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Unclassified Items | 17.82% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.89% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.99% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | SL Green Realty Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "SL": SL cable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SL": sl-bit, sl-ow-ly, Sl-superloft. | |
Ending with "SL": VDM-SL. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sl | 350 | mercedes 450 sl | 26 |
mercedes sl | 119 | mercedes 190 sl | 25 |
mercedes 500 sl | 100 | mercedes sl class | 25 |
55 siemens sl | 86 | sharp zaurus sl 5500 | 24 |
500 sl | 73 | 55 mercedes sl | 23 |
sl 55 | 60 | mercedes benz 450 sl | 22 |
190 sl | 59 | sl sv550 | 22 |
190 part sl | 49 | sl sx420 | 22 |
mercedes benz sl | 48 | sl waber | 22 |
saturn sl | 47 | sl ct800 | 21 |
sl 55 amg | 43 | mercedes 280 sl | 21 |
sl tribune | 43 | ct700 sl | 21 |
buy a saturn sl | 38 | sl for sale | 20 |
mercedes sl class used | 38 | new sl | 20 |
buy a mercedes sl class | 38 | used sl | 20 |
auto haus sl | 36 | honda sl 350 | 20 |
panasonic sl sx420 | 32 | new saturn sl | 19 |
sl 600 | 29 | used saturn sl | 19 |
panasonic sl sv550 | 29 | cubase sl | 19 |
mercedes benz sl 500 | 28 | bargain mercedes benz sl class | 19 |
panasonic sl ct800 | 19 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | câble multiplomb (SL cable). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 飯 (food, sl meals), 抱く (sl to embrace, to entertain, to harbour, to hug). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 안 수준. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | slay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | RM:Fundaziun svizra per la protecziun da la cuntrada. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SL": slab, slabbed, slabber, slabbered, slabbering, slabbers, slabbery, slabbing, slablike, slabs, slack, slacked, slacken, slackened, slackening, slackens, slacker, slackers, slackest, slacking, slackly, slackness, slacknesses, slacks, slag, slagged, slaggier, slaggiest, slagging, slaggy, slags, slain, slainte, slakable, slake, slaked, slaker, slakers, slakes, slaking, slalom, slalomed, slaloming, slaloms, slam, slammed, slammer, slammers, slamming, slams, slander. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SL": abstemiously, acrimoniously, adulterously, advantageously, adventitiously, adventurously, agelessly, aimlessly, aisle, aisled, aisles, aisleway, aisleways, ambidextrously, ambiguously, ambitiously, amorously, amorphously, amphibiously, anachronously, analogously, anomalously, anonymously, antislaveries, antislavery, antisleep, antislip, anxiously, arduously, artlessly, aslant, asleep, aslope, assiduously, asslike, asynchronously, atrociously, audaciously, auslander, auslanders, auspiciously, autochthonously, autoeciously, autogenously, autonomously, avariciously, backslap, backslapped, backslapper, backslappers, backslapping. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "l-s" | |
+1 letter: als, els, las, lis, sal, sel, sly, sol. | |
+2 letters: aals, ails, alas, albs, ales, alls, alms, alps, also, alts, awls, bals, bels, cels, cols, dals, dels, dols, eels, elds, elks, ells, elms, else, fils, flus, gals, gels, guls, hols, ilks, ills, isle, labs, lacs, lads, lags, lams, laps, lars, lase, lash, lass, last, lats, lavs, laws, lays, leas, lees, legs, leis, leks, lens, less, lest, lets, leys, libs, lids, lies, lins, lips, lisp, list, lits, lobs, logs, loos, lops, lose, loss, lost, lots, lows, lues, lugs, lums, lush, lust, luvs, lyes, lyse, mels, mils, mols, nils, oils, olds, oles, owls, pals, plus, pols, puls, sail, sale, sall, salp, sals, salt, saul, seal, seel, self, sell, sels, shul, sial, sild, silk, sill, silo, silt, slab, slag, slam, slap, slat, slaw, slay, sled, slew, slid, slim, slip, slit, slob, sloe, slog, slop, slot, slow, slub, slue, slug, slum, slur, slut, soil, sola, sold, sole, soli, solo, sols, soul, sulk, sulu, syli, tels, tils, ulus. | |
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