Looking for a word: a number beginning with L

Are there any numbers beginning with the letter L?
The larger the better if there are actually any/enough to have a choice

Not just numbers like four and sixty, but also numbers like a Googleplex, dozen, etc.

are there any?

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Reply 1

impsmith

do roman numbers count?

Reply 2

Jaquafresh

impsmith

do roman numbers count?

hmm, I think they should, so yes

Reply 3

alan910_2

Don't think there are any. Although there a range of very strangely worded names for very large numbers which nobody really knows...

Google is your friend.

Reply 4

SamTheMan

The Laplace number is a dimensionless number used in the characterization of free surface fluid dynamics

Reply 5

Dark Horse of the Race

Jaquafresh

hmm, I think they should, so yes

Well, L is the roman numeral for 50...

Reply 6

Jaquafresh

Dark Horse of the Race

Well, L is the roman numeral for 50...

ooooh yes, nice, rep for you

Reply 7

Dark Horse of the Race

Jaquafresh

ooooh yes, nice, rep for you

hell yes.

Reply 8

SamTheMan

L=50 is a bit obvious though... It's not a word by any stretch of the imagination either.

Reply 9

Dark Horse of the Race

SamTheMan

L=50 is a bit obvious though... It's not a word by any stretch of the imagination either.

aye but someone did ask whether roman numerals counted. its always the obvious answer.

Reply 10

Da Bachtopus

Three can be referred to as a "leash".

Reply 11

Good bloke

Jaquafresh

Not just numbers like four and sixty, but also numbers like a Googleplex, dozen, etc.

are there any?

If you are going to include those words, then try lots .

You could have collective nouns like leap (of leopards), litter etc.

Lakh, 100,000, in India.

Lustrum, five years.

Long dozen, thirteen, or baker's dozen.

Reply 12

orionmoo

log(\infty)

ln(\infty)

Reply 13

deadgenius

'Leven.

Reply 14

orionmoo

deadgenius

'Leven.

Ok Deja Vu. Has some pissy mod been ******* with the thread? I swear when I looked this morning, someone had said 'Leven'. I was about to say someone's said that already but when I looked up... nothing :|

Am I going crazy..?

Reply 15

deadgenius

orionmoo

No idea lol. As soon as I read the post I came up with my rather unoriginal response, so I've only been around in the last 15 minutes.

Ah, I thought I was so witty! I'll go back to thinking of other slightly amusing possibilities of numbers beginning with L. :tongue: