DL
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dl"
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Specified in ISO 269 as an initialism of dimension lengthwise. Probably a backronym from German DIN lang, so named for the Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardisation Registered Association) and lang (“long”) (in reference to its shape).
Symbol
[edit]DL
- (international standards) ISO 269 standard envelope size of 220 mm × 110 mm (8.66 in × 4.33 in), with a surface area of 242 cm2 (37.5 sq in).
See also
[edit]ISO 216/269 paper sizes
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]DL (countable and uncountable, plural DLs)
- (computing) Initialism of download.
- Antonym: UL
- (military, nautical) Initialism of light destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of destroyer leader, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
- Initialism of driver's license.
- (baseball) Initialism of disabled list.
- Initialism of down low.
- (technology) Initialism of distribution list.
- (ABDL) Initialism of diaper lover.
- (machine learning) Initialism of deep learning.
- (telegraphy) Initialism of day letter.
- Coordinate term: NL
Verb
[edit]DL (third-person singular simple present DLs, present participle DLing, simple past and past participle DLed or DL'd)
- (computing) Initialism of download.
- Antonym: UL
- (baseball, transitive, informal) To place on the disabled list.
Anagrams
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- Translingual initialisms
- Translingual terms derived from German
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 269
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English words without vowels
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- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English informal terms
- English two-letter abbreviations
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