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Lazy evaluation
Lazy evaluation, also called call by need, is an evaluation strategy that delays computing an expression until its value is required, allowing infinite data structures and defaulting in Haskell and R.
Lazy loading
Lazy loading is a web performance technique that defers loading of non-critical resources, usually images and iframes, until needed, typically when the user scrolls them near the viewport.
Lazy Susan
Lazy Susan is a rotating tray, an American invention dating to 1917. It uses a bearing assembly to allow users to reach items in dining tables or deep kitchen cabinets.
Lazy Susan (drag queen)
Lazy Susan, drag persona of Robbie Sinclair Ten Eyck (born 1991), Melbourne (Naarm) drag queen and filmmaker; won Drag Race Down Under season 4 in December 2024; later judge on Drag Race Down Under vs The World (2026); distinct from Lazi Susan, DJ Lazy Susan, and Layla Zee Susan.
LazyTown
LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an Icelandic children's television series created by and starring aerobics champion Magnús Scheving as Sportacus, promoting physical activity and healthy eating.
Lazzi
Lazzi (singular lazzo) are rehearsed, repeatable comic routines of the commedia dell'arte: short mimetic or spoken interludes of stage business, acrobatics, or gags inserted into improvised scenarios, performed chiefly by zanni characters and cataloged by titles such as lazzo della mosca.
LB Pharmaceuticals Inc
LB Pharmaceuticals Inc is a New York-based, late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing LB-102, an investigational once-daily oral antipsychotic for schizophrenia, bipolar depression, and other neuropsychiatric diseases.
LB&SCR E2 class
The LB&SCR E2 class, or Billinton E2, was a class of ten 0-6-0 tank steam locomotives designed by Lawson Billinton and built at Brighton Works between 1913 and 1916.
LB2102 (DLL3 CAR-T)
LB2102 (DJI-136) is Legend Biotech's dnTGFBR2-armored, DLL3-targeted autologous CAR-T therapy for ES-SCLC and LCNEC, licensed to Novartis in 2023 for $100M upfront plus up to $1.01B milestones; phase 1 NCT05680922 showed no DLTs and ORR 18%.
LBC
LBC (Leading Britain's Conversation, originally London Broadcasting Company) is a UK commercial talk radio station, the country's first licensed commercial radio station, launched 8 October 1973, now owned by Global with 3.7 million weekly listeners.
Lbc Credit Partners
LBC Credit Partners, now branded CIFC Direct Lending, is a Philadelphia-based private credit manager founded in 2005 by John Brignola and Nate Cohen, acquired by CIFC Corp. in 2021.
LBC News
LBC News is Global's 24-hour national rolling news radio station in the UK, launched 28 October 2019 as sister to LBC talk radio. Pure news every 20 minutes, on DAB, Global Player and smart speakers, with about a million weekly listeners.
LBJ Express (I-635, Dallas)
The LBJ Express is a system of dynamically priced tolled express lanes along 13 miles of Interstate 635 and part of I-35E in north Dallas, opened in 2015.
LBL-051
LBL-051: first-in-class CD19×BCMA×CD3 trispecific T-cell engager from Nanjing Leads Biolabs' LeadsBody platform, licensed to Aditum Bio spinout Oblenio Bio for autoimmune B-cell depletion; Phase 1a dosing in Europe since August 2026.
LBR
LBR, or lamin B receptor, is a bifunctional protein of the inner nuclear membrane that tethers heterochromatin to the nuclear periphery and acts as a sterol reductase in cholesterol biosynthesis.
LBW: Love Beyond Wicket
LBW: Love Beyond Wicket is a Tamil-language coming-of-age sports drama series that premiered 1 January 2026 on JioHotstar Hotstar Specials. Directed by Ganesh Karthikeyan, written by Aruna Rakhee, it stars Vikranth as coach Rangan across 120 episodes.
LC circuit
An LC circuit, also called a resonant circuit, is an electrical circuit of an inductor and capacitor in which energy oscillates between electric and magnetic fields.
LC-MS/MS
LC-MS/MS is an analytical method coupling liquid chromatography separation with tandem mass spectrometry detection, the gold standard for trace quantification in clinical diagnostics and newborn screening.
LCAT
LCAT (lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.43) is the plasma enzyme esterifying cholesterol on HDL, central to reverse cholesterol transport; deficiency causes familial LCAT deficiency and fish-eye disease.
LCAT deficiency
LCAT deficiency (lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency), including familial LCAT deficiency (FLD) and fish-eye disease (FED), is a rare autosomal recessive lipoprotein disorder causing corneal opacities, hemolytic anemia, very low HDL-C, and progressive renal failure.
LCC-ICCG
LCC-ICCG is an engineered variant of the leaf-branch compost cutinase enzyme that depolymerizes PET plastic into terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, serving as a benchmark in enzymatic recycling research.
LCCL domain
LCCL domain (IPR004043): ~100-amino-acid protein module named after Limulus factor C, Coch-5b2 and Lgl1; novel NMR fold, disulfide-bonded, mutated in DFNA9 deafness and present in Plasmodium LAP proteins.
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem: New York dance-punk band led by DFA Records co-founder James Murphy, formed 2001. Albums LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver, This Is Happening, American Dream; 2011 farewell, 2016 reunion, Grammy-winning "Tonite."
LCD television
An LCD television, also known as an LCD TV, is a flat-panel television using a liquid crystal display panel with a backlight, the dominant TV technology since the 2000s.
Lck-interacting transmembrane adapter 1
LIME1 (LIME, Lck-interacting membrane protein) is a human chromosome 20q13.33 gene encoding a 295-aa raft-associated transmembrane adaptor linking T-cell and B-cell receptor signaling to Lck and Lyn, distinct from LIMA1 and the LIME explainability method.
LCLS-II
LCLS-II (Linac Coherent Light Source II) is an X-ray free-electron laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, producing up to 1 million X-ray flashes per second.
LCN Capital Partners
LCN Capital Partners is a New York-based private real estate investment manager specializing in sale-leaseback and triple net lease investments, founded in 2011 and agreed to be acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2026.
LCR Honda
LCR Honda is Honda's satellite MotoGP team, founded in 1996 by former Grand Prix rider Lucio Cecchinello and racing in the premier class since 2006.
LCR meter
An LCR meter, also known as an RCL meter, is an electronic test instrument that measures inductance, capacitance, and resistance via impedance, and is widely used for component testing and sorting on electronics production lines.
LCROSS
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) was a NASA mission that crashed a Centaur rocket into a lunar polar crater in 2009, confirming water ice.