CSL

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, a former UK DEFRA laboratory services agency

Languages

 * Croatian Sign Language, a sign language for the deaf in Croatia
 * Chinese Sign Language, a sign language for the deaf in China, Malaysia, and Taiwan
 * Clay Sanskrit Library, a series of books in Sanskrit with English translations
 * Context-sensitive language, 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
 * Context-sensitive language, 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, 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), a soccer league in Canada
 * Chinese Super League, 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

 * 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