L2
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to a mother tongue).
"That is, for almost all late second language (L2) learners, the phonetic realization of phonological structures in the L2 is markedly different from native-language patterns."
- 2 Abbreviation of Lagrange point 2, located beyond the smaller object on a line passing through the centers of the smaller and larger objects. abbreviation, alt-of
"Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth."
- 3 Short for second level in various contexts; The second-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the first level cache. uncountable
"In typical Intel chips L2 bandwidth is half of L1 bandwidth."
- 4 a language that a person has acquired in adolescence or later wordnet
- 5 Short for second level in various contexts; The data link layer in the seven layer OSI network model. uncountable
"an L2 switch"
Antonyms
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More examples"That is, for almost all late second language (L2) learners, the phonetic realization of phonological structures in the L2 is markedly different from native-language patterns."
Etymology
From Level 2.
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