ASL

See also: a/s/l and asl

English

Proper noun

ASL

  1. Initialism of American Sign Language.
    • 2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2025:
      Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.
  2. Initialism of Advanced Squad Leader.
  3. (software, copyright law) Initialism of Apache Software License.

Hyponyms

  • (American Sign Language): BASL

Phrase

ASL

  1. Alternative form of asl (age, sex, location).
  2. Initialism of above sea level.
  3. (programming) Initialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation.

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