L3

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English[edit]

Animated diagram of the Lagrange points, showing L3 on the opposite side of the larger object from the smaller object.

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

L3

  1. (astrophysics) 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.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Level 3.

Noun[edit]

L3 (uncountable)

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

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