"CL" meaning in English

See CL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CL
  1. Abbreviation of Catalonia: an autonomous community of Spain. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Catalonia (extra: an autonomous community of Spain) Categories (place): Autonomous communities of Spain, Places in Spain
    Sense id: en-CL-en-name-82NovXoH Categories (other): Catalonia, Spain

Noun

Forms: CLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CL (countable and uncountable, plural CLs)
  1. (US, navy) Initialism of light cruiser, a type of warship. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: light cruiser (extra: a type of warship)
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-C9ItmC62 Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, navy, politics, war
  2. (astronomy) Abbreviation of cluster. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: cluster
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-q57NECzk Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (aviation) Initialism of lift coefficient. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: lift coefficient
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-Q2yVrrlr Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (baseball) Abbreviation of closer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: closer
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-zxzeGuPd Categories (other): Baseball Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. Initialism of containment level. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: containment level
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-bZHYmE9z
  6. (computing, uncountable) Initialism of computability logic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: computability logic
    Sense id: en-CL-en-noun-5Z8LJE4R Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 5 8 10 1 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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