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Lebesgue measure
Lebesgue measure is the standard way of assigning length, area, and volume to subsets of Euclidean space, formulated by Henri Lebesgue in 1901 and underlying the Lebesgue integral.
Lebkuchen
Lebkuchen, German spiced honey-gingerbread, traditionally from Nuremberg; Nürnberger Lebkuchen (Lebküchner documented 1395, guild 1643) holds EU PGI status since 1996, with Elisenlebkuchen capped at 10% flour and at least 25% nuts.
Lebna Dengel
Lebna Dengel (ልብነ ድንግል), known as Dawit II, was emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose kingdom was nearly destroyed by the jihad of Ahmad Grañ.
Lebo M.
Lebo M. (Lebohang Morake) is a South African composer and vocalist, born 1964 in Soweto, best known as the creative force behind The Lion King's music.
Lebo Mathosa
Lebo Mathosa (1977–2006) was a South African singer who rose to fame as lead vocalist of the kwaito group Boom Shaka before a successful solo career.
Lebombo Mountains
Lebombo Mountains (Lubombo), a ~500 km rhyolite-capped range in Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa, forming the Lebombo monocline of the Karoo Large Igneous Province, erupted around 182 Ma during Gondwana breakup.
Lebowa
Lebowa was a self-governing homeland in South Africa's northern Transvaal created under apartheid as the national territory for the northern Sotho people, including the Pedi, from 1972 until 1994.
Lebrija
Lebrija, ancient Nebrissa or Nabrissa, is a town in the province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain, continuously occupied from the Bronze Age through Tartessian, Punic, and Roman periods.
Lebrikizumab
Lebrikizumab (Ebglyss, lebrikizumab-lbkz) is an IgG4 monoclonal antibody interleukin-13 antagonist approved in 2024 for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in patients 12 and older weighing at least 40 kg, dosed 250 mg every 2 weeks after loading.
LeBron James
LeBron James, born 1984, in Akron, Ohio, is an American NBA forward, 2003 first overall pick, four-time champion and MVP, all-time leading scorer with 43,440 points, now with the Philadelphia 76ers in his 24th season.
Lebwin
Lebwin, also known as Liafwin, was an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon Benedictine missionary who founded the church at Deventer and is honored as the apostle of the Frisians.
Leca
Leca most commonly refers to the football environment of Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, centered on the Estádio do Leça Futebol Clube, home of Leça FC since 1986.
Lecanemab
Lecanemab (Leqembi, BAN2401), an Eisai-Biogen humanized IgG1 antibody against amyloid-beta protofibrils for early Alzheimer's disease; FDA-approved 2023, slows CDR-SB decline 27% in CLARITY-AD, main risk ARIA.
Lecanicillium lecanii
Lecanicillium lecanii (formerly Verticillium lecanii, also Akanthomyces lecanii) is an entomopathogenic fungus of Cordycipitaceae used in mycoinsecticides such as Vertalec against aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects, best under high humidity in greenhouses.
Lecankitug (LZM012)
Lecankitug (莱康奇塔单抗, LZM012/XKH004) is a Chinese-developed IL-17A/F dual-target humanized monoclonal antibody by Livzon and Kanova, approved by NMPA in August 2026 for plaque psoriasis after beating secukinumab head-to-head.
Lecanora muralis
Lecanora muralis, also called Protoparmeliopsis muralis, is a lichenized fungus known as the chewing-gum lichen for its pale rosettes on urban concrete and paving slabs.
Lecce
Lecce (Lupiae in Roman times) is the Baroque capital of the Salento peninsula in Apulia, southern Italy, nicknamed the Florence of the South for its Barocco leccese architecture in local limestone, Santa Croce, and UNESCO tentative-list status.
Leccinum
Leccinum, bolete genus of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Boletaceae) with scabrous stems, ~150 species, type L. aurantiacum, host-specific on birch and aspen across the Northern Hemisphere.
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum (orange oak bolete), type species of the Leccinum bolete genus, an edible ectomycorrhizal fungus with broad host range (oak, poplar, birch, willow) and a nomenclaturally confused orange-capped species group.
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Kaczyński (Lech Aleksander Kaczyński, 1949–2010), Polish lawyer and President of Poland 2005–2010, twin brother of Jarosław Kaczyński; former justice minister, NIK head, and Warsaw mayor; died 10 April 2010 in the Smolensk Tu-154 crash.
Lech Koziejowski
Lech Koziejowski, Polish foil fencer born 1949 in Warsaw, Olympic gold medalist in men's team foil at Munich 1972 and bronze medalist at Moscow 1980, three-time Olympian and four-time world team foil medalist.
Lech Łasko
Lech Łasko (born 1956, Świdnik) is a Polish volleyball middle blocker, 1976 Montreal Olympic champion, 1980 Moscow Olympian, 261-cap national team player, four-time European silver medalist, later coach in Italy; father of Michał Łasko.
Lech Poznań
Lech Poznań (KKS Lech Poznań), Polish football club founded 1922 in Poznań; ten Ekstraklasa titles and five Polish Cups; 2025/26 champions under Niels Frederiksen; origin of the 'Poznan' goal celebration.
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician, Solidarity founder and leader, 1983 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and President of Poland 1990–1995, first popularly elected president of democratic Poland.
Lechaion
Lechaion (Λέχαιον) was the principal western harbor of the ancient Greek city of Corinth, about 3 km north of the city on the Gulf of Corinth.
Lechia Gdańsk
Lechia Gdańsk (KS BOP, 1945) is a Polish football club in white-green, twice winner of the Polish Cup and Superpuchar (1983, 2019), 1956 and 2018/19 bronze medalist, Ekstraklasa member.
Lechlade Roman villa
Lechlade Roman villa: Romano-British villas near Lechlade, Gloucestershire, notably the scheduled 2nd-4th century courtyard villa at Great Lemhill Farm (list entry 1003420) and the excavated Roughground Farm villa, occupied to beyond AD 360.
Lechuguilla Cave
Lechuguilla Cave, in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, is a hypogene sulfuric-acid cave in the Permian Capitan Reef Complex, about 245 km long and 489 m deep, famed for gypsum chandeliers, rare microbes, and restricted scientific access.
Lecia V. Sequist
Lecia V. Sequist is an American medical oncologist and lung cancer researcher who is a professor at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Lecithin
Lecithin (E 322, CAS 8002-43-5) is a mixture of phospholipids, glycolipids, and triglycerides rich in phosphatidylcholine, extracted from soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, and egg yolk; used mainly as a food emulsifier, also in pharma, cosmetics, and feed.