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L3 en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 3, located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object.
   alt of Lagrange point 3
   alt of located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object

Relateds

L2 · L1 · L5 · L4 · Lagrange point

L3 en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Level 3.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Short for third level in various contexts ▸ The third-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the second-level cache.
2. (uncountable) Short for third level in various contexts ▸ The network layer in the seven-layer OSI network model.
   • an L3 switch