Meanings
dl1
present singular third person dls · participle present dling · participle past dled · past dled · alternative DL · alternative d/l · alternative D/L
DL2
plural DLs · alternative D.L. · alternative D. L. · alternative dl · alternative d/l · alternative D/L
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of destroyer leader, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
Synonyms: DDL
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of driver's license.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of disabled list.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of down low.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of distribution list.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of diaper lover.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemachine learningInitialism of deep learning.
Before Transformer models, the attention mechanism was proposed as a helper for improving conventional DL models such as RNNs.
2021, Savas Yildirim, Meysam Asgari-Chenaghlu, Mastering Transformers […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 26 - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of day letter.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of datalink
alternative D.L. · alternative D. L. · alternative dl · alternative d/l · alternative D/L
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Delhi: a union territory of India.
present singular third person DLs · participle present DLing · participle past DLed · past DLed · participle past DL'd · past DL'd · alternative D.L. · alternative D. L. · alternative dl · alternative d/l · alternative D/L
- informaltransitiveball gamesTo place on the disabled list.
After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."
1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy (Usenet)
Dl3
Synonyms & antonyms
verbInitialism of download.
antonym(s) of “computing”
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nouna metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter
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dl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dl
“dl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dl. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dl.
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