"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

Inflected forms

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      ],
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