LS

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LS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Lunar Strain, a 1994 album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames
  • "The Lightning Strike", a song by Snow Patrol
  • Lost Souls (online game), a MUD, or text-based online role-playing game

Businesses

Latin

  • Lewis and Short, authors of A Latin dictionary
  • Lectori Salutem (L.S.), Latin for 'Greetings Reader' and used as opening words to a letter
  • locus sigilli, Latin for 'place of the seal', used in notarized and legal documents; see: Seal (contract law)

Organizations

People

  • Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia
  • Lady Sovereign, a British performance artist
  • Lemony Snicket, pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler (born 1970)
  • Lewis and Short, authors of A Latin Dictionary

Places

Science, technology, and mathematics

Astronomy

Biology and medicine

  • Lung surfactant, a lipoprotein complex
  • Legius syndrome, also known as Neurofibromatosis 1-like syndrome, a genetic disorder
  • Lichen sclerosus, a skin disease
  • Linnean Society of London, postnominal LS
  • Live sand, in aquaria, sand populated with bacteria and organisms to aid in dissolving organic wastes

Computing and electronics

Engineering

  • Land Surveyor

Mathematics

  • Least squares, a regression analysis
  • Löwenheim–Skolem theorem, a theorem in first-order logic dealing with the cardinality of models

Physics

  • LS coupling, interaction between quantum numbers

Transportation

  • LS, a generic trim of Chevrolet vehicles
  • LS, a model prefix on sailplanes made by Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH
  • LS 90, a Czech and Slovak train protection system
  • Lexus LS, the flagship, full-size sedan made by Lexus
  • Lincoln LS, a model of car made from 2000 to 2006
  • GM LS engine, a V-8 engine in General Motors cars

Other uses

  • La Salle (disambiguation), several places and educational institutions
  • Latvian lats, former currency of Latvia
  • LaVeyan Satanism, a religious group
  • Leading Seaman, a junior non-commissioned rank in several navies
  • Logistics Specialist, a rating in the United States Navy
  • Long snapper, a special teams player in American football

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