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As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.

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  1. As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
  2. n. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
  3. n. A short right-angled">right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
  4. n. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
  5. n. a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
  6. n. the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
  7. adj. being ten more than forty
  8. n. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)