Using this additional language, the denotation of the term <math>\mathit{l}^\mathrm{w}\!</math> can be expressed as follows:
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The denotation of the term <math>\mathit{l}^\mathrm{w}\!</math> is a subset of <math>X\!</math> that can be obtained as follows: Consider the flags of the form <math>L \cdot x</math> for each <math>x \in W,</math> take their intersection <math>\textstyle\bigcap_{x \in W} L \cdot x,</math> and collect the elements of <math>X\!</math> that appear as the first components of these ordered pairs. Putting it all together:
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| <math>\mathit{l}^\mathrm{w} ~=~ \bigcap_{x \in W} L \cdot x</math>
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| <math>\mathit{l}^\mathrm{w} ~=~ \operatorname{proj}_1 \bigcap_{x \in W} L \cdot x</math>