| LEA | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
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| LEA | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
| LEA | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine |
| LEA | an advantage held by a competitor in a race |
| LEA | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
| LEA | the introductory section of a story |
| LEA | a news story of major importance |
| LEA | an indication of potential opportunity |
| LEA | (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base |
| LEA | an actor who plays a principal role |
| LEA | the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) |
| LEA | a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element |