Meanings
nounacceleration lane (plural acceleration lanes)
plural acceleration lanes
- A lane that allows traffic entering a highway to accelerate to the speed of through traffic before merging with it.
Synonyms: merge lane
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lane that allows traffic entering a highway to accelerate to the speed of through traffic before merging with it.
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Translations
Dutch invoegstrook
- invoegstrooklane to allow traffic to accelerate and enter a highway
Finnish kiihdytyskaista
- kiihdytyskaistalane to allow traffic to accelerate and enter a highway
French voie d'insertion, voie d'accélération
- voie d'insertionlane to allow traffic to accelerate and enter a highway
- voie d'accélérationlane to allow traffic to accelerate and enter a highway
Polish pas do przyspieszania
- pas do przyspieszanialane to allow traffic to accelerate and enter a highway
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acceleration lane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceleration%20lane
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“acceleration lane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceleration%20lane. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acceleration lane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceleration%20lane.
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