"acceleration lane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acceleration lanes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} acceleration lane (plural acceleration lanes)
  1. A lane that allows traffic entering a highway to accelerate to the speed of through traffic before merging with it. Synonyms: merge lane
    Sense id: en-acceleration_lane-en-noun-xK~xlapr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "accelerate",
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        ],
        [
          "through traffic",
          "through traffic"
        ],
        [
          "merging",
          "merge"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "merge lane"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "acceleration lane"
}
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    }
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        "A lane that allows traffic entering a highway to accelerate to the speed of through traffic before merging with it."
      ],
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        [
          "traffic",
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        [
          "highway",
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        ],
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          "accelerate",
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        ],
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