L3

English

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

Etymology 1

Noun

L3

1. (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)

1. (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