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Leap SecondnounMWEa second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotationverified
Leap YearnounMWEin the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400verified
Learned ProfessionnounMWEone of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principlesverified
Learner's DictionarynounMWEa dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign languageverified
Learning CurvenounMWEa graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall)verified
Learning DisabilitynounMWEa disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skillsverified
Learning DisordernounMWEa disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skillsverified
Least Common MultiplenounMWEthe smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbersverified
least functionality principlenounMWEIn information security, computer science, and configuration management the limiting of access to only that information and resources that are necessary for its legitimate purpose.verified
least privilegenounMWEThe principle that a security architecture is designed so that each entity is granted the minimum system authorizations and resources needed to perform its function.verified
Least SquaresnounMWEa method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curveverified
Least TrustnounMWEThe principal that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust, and 2) the extent to which each component is trusted.verified
Leather FernnounMWEstout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersidesverified
Leather FlowernounMWEscandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepalsverified
Leatherleaf FernnounMWEwidely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid frondsverified
Leatherleaf SaxifragenounMWEplant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowersverified
Leathery PolypodynounMWEstiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midribverified
Lecture DemonstrationnounMWEpresentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing aboutverified
Left AtriumnounMWEthe left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veinsverified
Left BrainnounMWEthe cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the bodyverified
Left FieldnounMWEthe fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)verified
Left Gastric ArterynounMWEa branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagusverified
Left HemispherenounMWEthe cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the bodyverified
Left VentriclenounMWEthe chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aortaverified
Left WingnounMWEthose who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfareverified
Leg CoveringnounMWEa garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)verified
Legal Advice and AdvocacynounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Provides legally sound advice and recommendations to leadership and staff on a variety of relevant topics within the pertinent subject domain; advocates legal and policy changes and makes a case on behalf of client via a wide range of written and oral work products, including legal briefs and proceedings.verified
Legal AgenounMWEthe age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairsverified
Legal BlindnessnounMWEvision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)verified
Legal CommunitynounMWEthe body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdictionverified
Legal DocumentnounMWE(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightverified
Legal FraudnounMWEcomprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidenceverified
Legal GuardiannounMWEa person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefitverified
Legal InstrumentnounMWE(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightverified
Legal JointurenounMWE(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dowerverified
Legal OusternounMWEthe expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of lawverified
Legal PhilosophynounMWEthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they doverified