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  • lh
    lh
    left halfback.
  • LH
    LH
    luteinizing hormone: a hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that, in the female, stimulates maturation of the ovarian follicle and formation of the corpus luteum: chemically identical to ICSH of the male.
  • l.h.
    l.h.
    abbreviation
    left hand.

lh

1 American  
Sports.
  1. left halfback.


LH 2 American  
Biochemistry, Physiology.
  1. luteinizing hormone: a hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that, in the female, stimulates maturation of the ovarian follicle and formation of the corpus luteum: chemically identical to ICSH of the male.


l.h. 3 American  
Or L.H.

abbreviation

  1. left hand.

  2. lower half.


LH 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. luteinizing hormone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lh 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. left hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The image showcases LH 95, a vast star forming region inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

“This is definitely a sea change from previous transitions,” Derek Tang, co-founder of LH Meyer/Monetary Policy Analytics, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

About the author: Derek Tang is an economist at LH Meyer, a policy analysis firm.

From Barron's Dec. 12, 2025

Meanwhile, Derek Tang of forecasting firm LH Meyer said the loss is likely to be between $150 billion and $200 billion by next year.

From Reuters Sep. 15, 2023

Archimedes now divides LH, HK into parts equal to x, and A B into parts equal to w, and places the w’s at the middle points of the x’s respectively.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little

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