Lid
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LID is an abbreviation for:
LiD is an abbreviation for:
Lid is also:
- Local light injection and detection, a method to determine fibre splice losses, especially in polarisation-maintaining fibre splicing
- Light-Weight IdentityLight-Weight IdentityLID is a management system for online digital identities developed in part by . It was first published in early 2005, and is the original URL-based identity system, later followed by OpenID. LID uses URLs as a verification of the user's identity, and makes use of several open-source protocols...
protocol, a mechanism for claiming and verifying identity on the Internet - Lawson Insight Desktop
- The Library Interchange Definition
- The League for Industrial DemocracyLeague for Industrial DemocracyThe League for Industrial Democracy , from 1960-1965 known as the Students for a Democratic Society , was founded in 1905 by a group of notable socialists including Harry W. Laidler, Jack London, Norman Thomas, Upton Sinclair, and J.G. Phelps Stokes...
- A Location identifierLocation identifierA location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
- The ICAO code for AlidauniaAlidauniaAlidaunia Servizio Helibus is an aviation company based in Foggia, Italy. It operates scheduled passenger services, air ambulance, air taxi/charter, offshore, aircraft maintenance and aerial work services. Its main base is Gino Lisa Airport, Foggia....
Servizio Helibus, an aviation company - Low Impact DevelopmentLow impact developmentLow-impact development is a term used in the United States to describe a land planning and engineering design approach to managing stormwater runoff. LID emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features to protect water quality...
- Local Improvement District a precursor to the Rural MunicipalityRural municipalityA rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...
government system in Western CanadaWestern CanadaWestern Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :... - Low-Iodine Diet
LiD is an abbreviation for:
- Left and DemocratsLeft and DemocratsLeft and Democrats was a centre-left political coalition in Poland which was created on September 3, 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was to provide an alternative for both the national-conservative Law and Justice party and the liberal-conservative Civic...
, a Polish political party - Lithium deuteride, a chemical used as deuterium-dense fuel in thermonuclear weapons.
Lid is also:
- A cover or seal for a container, see Lid (container)Lid (container)A lid, also known as a cap, is part of a container, and serves as the cover or seal, usually one that completely closes the object.-History:...
- EyelidEyelidAn eyelid is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. With the exception of the prepuce and the labia minora, it has the thinnest skin of the whole body. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid to "open" the eye. This can be either voluntarily or involuntarily...
- a poor operator; one who is inept at the practice of the practice/art in the amateur radioAmateur radioAmateur radio is the use of designated radio frequency spectrum for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communication...
service (derogatory) - a derogatory term used to refer to a Private in the Australian ArmyAustralian ArmyThe Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...
who has served for less than one year. (Live In Digger) - In the 1960s, a "lid" was one ounce of cannabisCannabisCannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...
(average price $15); by the 2000s, because of higher prices and the advent of plentiful medical marijuana, a lid came to be redefined as one-eighth of an ounce of cannabis (average price $60), while eight 2000s lids or a whole ounce averages $300 - Sometimes a misreading or mistyping of iid, independent identically-distributed random variables
- Colloquial term for capping inversionCapping inversionA capping inversion is an elevated inversion layer that caps a convective boundary layer.The boundary layer is the part of the atmosphere which is closest to the ground. Normally, the sun heats the ground, which in turn heats the air just above it. Thermals form when this warm air rises into the...
, inhibits atmospheric convection