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Sputnik vs L - What's the difference?

sputnik | l |

As a noun sputnik

is any of a series of soviet unmanned space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.

As a letter l is

the twelfth letter of the.

As a symbol l is

symbol for liter or litre.

sputnik

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a series of Soviet unmanned space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.
  • * 2011 January 25, Barack Hussein Obama II, Jon Favreau (speechwriter), State of the Union , United States House of Representatives:
  • Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik'¸ we had no idea how we’d beat them to the moon. The science wasn’t there yet. NASA didn’t even exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn’t just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. This is our generation’s ' Sputnik moment.

    Derived terms

    * Sputnik moment

    l

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=k, next=m, image= (wikipedia l)

    Letter

  • The twelfth letter of the .
  • See also

    (Latn-script)

    Symbol

    (Alveolar lateral approximant) (mul-symbol)
  • alveolar lateral approximant.
  • litre or liter
  • The Roman numeral representing 50.
  • (linear) length (arclength is often denoted with a cursive l)
  • Synonyms

    * (litre) L

    See also

    * (lezh) {{Letter , page=L , NATO=Lima , Morse=·–·· , Character=L , Braille=? }} Image:Latin L.png, Capital and lowercase versions of L , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter L.png, Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur ----