"HDL" meaning in English

See HDL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: HDLs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HDL (countable and uncountable, plural HDLs)
  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of high-density lipoprotein. Wikidata QID: Q410020 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: high-density lipoprotein Hypernyms: lipoprotein Coordinate_terms: ULDL, VLDL, LDL, IDL
    Sense id: en-HDL-en-noun-en:Q410020 Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (physical chemistry) Initialism of high density liquid Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, physical, uncountable Alternative form of: high density liquid Hypernyms: liquid
    Sense id: en-HDL-en-noun-SKd0HDVm Categories (other): Physical chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (electronics) Initialism of hardware description language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: hardware description language Hypernyms: description language Coordinate_terms: VHDL Translations (electronics: initialism of Hardware Description Language): DTD (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-HDL-en-noun-x6~iFurr Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 64 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 32 10 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 8 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 8 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 8 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 9 65 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electronics: initialism of Hardware Description Language': 20 12 69

Inflected forms

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