(chiefly US) In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane which is physically separated from the (express) lane(s) closest to the median and which is intended for vehicles traveling relatively shorter distances, so that these vehicles may enter and exit the highway system without unduly interrupting the flow of traffic.

(religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in some religious denominations.

plural of local anesthetic

plural of local preacher

(algebra, of a group) Such that each of its nontrivial, finitely generated subgroups maps homomorphically onto ℤ.

In telegraphy, the source of power that actuates the telegraphic station recording instruments, as distinguished from the source of power that furnishes current to the line.

plural of local battery

(British spelling) alternative spelling of local anesthetic

plural of local anaesthetic

(geology) The location, usually where the first specimen was discovered, considered most representative of a mineral, formation etc.