Abbreviations
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Dutch,
English, French,
German
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LAB/FT
lutte
anti-blanchiment et financement du terrorisme see
ML/FT
LAP leer-arbeidsplaats
laser
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LAWA
Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft-Wasser (D)
LB Lichtbogen
electric arc (metal.: welding)
LBH
Lichtbogenhandschweißen = manual
metal arc welding
LBO lager beroepsonderwijs (NL)
(suggest)
lower vocational education
LCA
life cycle analysis (of a
product, i.e. manufacture,
distribution, use, etc.)
LCI
life cycle inventory (end
result of a LCA)
LDCs
least developed countries (EP)
LDE
local democracy embassy (CoE,
in ex-Yugoslavia)
LEC Landelijk Expertisecentrum
Cliëntenparticipatie (NL)
= (suggest)
National
Centre for
Client Participation ("clients"
being those who use employment and
social services, e.g. job seekers)
LEED low
energy electron diffraction (phys.)
LEI Landbouw-Economisch
Instituut (NL)
LET
linear energy transfer (phys.:
measured
in e.g.
eV per micron)
LFI Loi de finance initiale
LGAI Lehrgang Generalstabs- und Admiralstabsdienst mit
internationaler Beteiligung = International
General/Admiral Staff Officer Course (DE)
LGBT
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (or
transgender) people
LGO landen en gebieden overzee
=
OCT
q.v.
LHD Large Hadron Collider (powerful
particle accelerator built
at CERN,
1995)
LHO Landeshaushaltsordnung (D)
= (suggest)
Land/state
budget regulations
LINOV Leuvens Instituut voor
Nieuwe Onderwijsvormen (B)
= (suggest)
Louvain
Institute for New
Teaching Methods
LKR
Lieferkoordinierungsrichtlinie =
Council Directive 77/62/EEC on public supply contracts (EU)
LLDC
least developed countries (unclear
why 2x L but
it's correct!)
LMFBR
liquid metal fast breeder reactor (energy)
LMOE landen in Middel- en
Oost-Europa = CCEE
q.v.
LO
lager onderwijs (NL)
=
primary
education; elementary education
LOCA
loss of coolant (nucl.)
LOI Leidse
Onderwijsinstellingen (NL)
=
'Leiden Educational Establishments' (but not usually translated), big
private
organisation offering adult education and distance learning
LOR = letter of request, see MLA
LPP Loi sur la
prévoyance
professionnelle = BVG
q.v.
LRE
linguistic research and engineering
LRRD Linking
relief, rehabilitation and development; "the LRRD
continuum" (EU:
development)
LR-S-R Groupe de
Spécialistes sur la Régionalisation
= Group of
Specialists on Regionalisation (CoE:
use
French abbrev.)
LSO linkescheldeoever
= left bank of the Scheldt
(ports)
LSVA
Leistungsabhängige Schwerverkehrsabgabe
(Swiss
referendum, 27/9/98);
(suggest) HGV
tax (road transport)
LTTE
= the Tamil Tigers (polit.: Sri
Lanka)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 5 March 2018
