L3

English

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

Noun

L3

(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.

Related terms

(astrophysics): Lagrange point, L1, L2, L4, L5

Etymology 2

From Level 3.

Noun

L3 (uncountable)

(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

Anagrams

3L

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