CSL as an abbreviation may stand for:

Places

* Coordinated Science Laboratory, at the University of Illinois * Liège Space Center (Centre spatial de Liège), at the University of Liege in Belgium *

Central Science Laboratory The Central Science Laboratory (CSL) was an executive agency of the UK government branch, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). It is now part of the Food and Environment Research Agency, which is in turn part of DEFRA ...

, a former UK DEFRA laboratory services agency

Languages

* Croatian Sign Language, a sign language for the deaf in Croatia *

Chinese Sign Language Chinese Sign Language (abbreviated CSL or ZGS; ) is the main sign language used in China. It is not related to the Taiwanese Sign Language used in Taiwan. Manually coded Mandarin is referred to as ''Wénfǎ Shǒuyǔ'' (). History The first ...

, a sign language for the deaf in China, Malaysia, and Taiwan *

Clay Sanskrit Library The Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Each work features the text in its original language (transliterated Sanskrit) on the left-hand page, with its English translation on the ...

, a series of books in Sanskrit with English translations *

Context-sensitive language In formal language theory, a context-sensitive language is a language that can be defined by a context-sensitive grammar (and equivalently by a noncontracting grammar). Context-sensitive is known as type-1 in the Chomsky hierarchy of formal langu ...

, a class of formal languages in computational linguistics

Sciences

* Crosshole sonic logging, method for testing a constructed material * Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate, a food additive used as an emulsifier * Continuous spontaneous localization, a dynamical reduction theory in quantum mechanics * Hartmann's solution, compound sodium lactate, used in intravenous transfusions

Military

* Cooperative Security Location, a US military facility * CSL, the designation code for Royal Australian Navy Wattle-class crane stores lighters

Computing

* Citation Style Language, an open XML-based standard to format citations and bibliographies * Current-steering logic, an alternative name for

emitter-coupled logic In electronics, emitter-coupled logic (ECL) is a high-speed integrated circuit bipolar transistor logic family. ECL uses a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) differential amplifier with single-ended input and limited emitter current to avoid th ...

in electronics *

, a language generated from a context-sensitive grammar

Companies

* CSL Group Ltd, a British machine to machine communications company * CSL Mobile, subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom * CSL Limited, an Australian biotechnology company, formerly Commonwealth Serum Laboratories ** CSL Behring, a subsidiary company of CSL Limited *

Canada Steamship Lines Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) is a shipping company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The business has been operating for well over a century and a half. Beginnings CSL had humble beginnings in Canada East in 1845, operating river ...

, a Canadian shipping company * CSL Sofas, a furniture chain in the United Kingdom * Cochin Shipyard Limited, a shipbuilding company in Kerala, India

Sports

* CAL Spora Luxembourg, amateur athletics club in Luxembourg * Canadian Soccer League, a soccer league in Canada since 2006 *

Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) The Canadian Soccer League was a Division 1 professional association football, soccer league that operated for six seasons between 1987 and 1992. It was a Canadian soccer league system, nationwide league that had teams in six provinces over t ...

, a soccer league in Canada *

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

, the premier league of association football in China * Cosmopolitan Soccer League, a soccer league in United States

Politics

* Canadian Socialist League, a political party active from 1898 to 1904 * Czechoslovak People's Party (''Československá strana lidová'', ČSL), a political party

Others

* CSL-TV, an American Forces Network television station in Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal * Centers for Spiritual Living, a religious denomination * Certain models of BMW car, designated BMW CSL * Charter seat license, name used by a few sports teams for a

personal seat license A personal seat license, or PSL, is a paid license that entitles the holder to the right to buy season tickets for a certain seat in a stadium. This holder can sell the seat license to someone else if they no longer wish to purchase season tick ...

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