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ol

ol adjective: open line (open circuit, no continuity). Also the nonstandard form of ol'.

Adjective capitalized: OL

OL

  1. (Internet, abbreviation) Abbreviation of online.

Noun (1) capitalized: OL

OL (plural OLs)

  1. Open line (open circuit, no continuity).
  2. (Canadian) Offensive line.

Proper noun capitalized: OL

OL

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais.

Noun (2) capitalized: OL

OL (plural OLs)

  1. (Japan, abbreviation) Abbreviation of office lady.

Also used as

ol is also the nonstandard form of ol'.

ol meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

ol in Hindi

ओल

ol in Tamil

ஓ. எல்

ol in Marathi

ओल

ol in Urdu

او ایل
More languagesFewer languages
ol in Bengali
ওল
ol in Telugu
ఓల్, ఒల్, ఓఎల్
ol in Malayalam
ഒൽ
ol in Kannada
ಓಲ್, ಒಲ್
ol in Punjabi
ਓ. ਐੱਲ, ਓ. ਐਲ
ol in Gujarati
ઓ. એલ
ol in Odia
ଓଲ୍

Examples of ol in a sentence

  • 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.1931, Arthur W[aldorf] Thomas, Thomas H[illyer] Whitehead, “Ion Interchanges in Aluminum Oxychloride Hydrosols”, in Wilder D[wight]...
  • The OH groups in the complex are not ol groups but rather hydroxy groups which can add hydrogen ions thereupon being converted into aquo groups.1962, Aleksander Abramovich Grinberg, translated by J. Rovtar Leach, “Polynuclear complex compounds”, in D. H. Busch, R. F. Trimble, Jr....
  • This species with the hydroxo or ol bridges can react in the presence of added base as follows: […]1974, David Nicholls, “Reactions in Aqueous Solution I: The Hexaquo Ion and its Acidity”, in Inorganic Complexes (Modern Chemistry...
  • In very acidic medium, the effect of gel coloring should disappear due to the condensation of the ol-group and the formation of oxy-polymers.2000 September 3, Y[uri] I. Sucharev, V. A. Potemkin, V. V. Avdin, The Effect of the Coloring Oxyhydrate Gels of Some Rare-Earth Elements...

Forms of ol

pluralOLs

Origin of ol

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

By abbreviation.

From Japanese OL (ōeru), from オフィスレディー (ofisu redī), from wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from office + lady, from English office + lady.

Words formed from ol

Phrases with ol

Questions about ol

What does ol mean?
Ol means open line (open circuit, no continuity).
What is ol in Hindi?
Ol in Hindi is ओल. See Ol meaning in Hindi.
How do you use ol in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is ol?
Ol can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ol in the dictionary

  1. Okvik
  2. okwa
  3. okwas
  4. okwukwu
  5. okwukwus
  6. ol
  7. Ol Cemet'
  8. Ol Chiki
  9. Ol Onal
  10. ol'
  11. Ol.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ol (page history and authors); OL (page history and authors); ol (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ol (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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