Ol

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    open line (open circuit, no continuity).
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo). abbreviation, alt-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    (attributive) attributive, empty-gloss, no-gloss, not-comparable

    "The authors hazard the guess that the oxolation of ol complexes would result in a loss of the reaction with neutral salts described in this paper."

  2. 2
    Nonstandard form of ol'. alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of online. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
open circuitotlotl

Example

More examples

"Guiñol is a puppet show, especially aimed at children, which nowadays is seldom seen."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From obsolete German Ol- (in Ol-Verbindungen and Olgruppen, coined by Alfred Werner in 1907), from -ol (“-ol”).

Etymology 2

By abbreviation.

Etymology 3

From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady.

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