Lead (disambiguation)
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Lead can have several meanings and pronunciations, usually related to either the chemical element lead or the verb to lead.
[edit] Meanings associated with the chemical element
All of these meanings are pronounced [lɛd] (to rhyme with "bed"):
- Lead, the chemical element
- Pencil lead, which is actually graphite
[edit] Meanings associated with the verb to lead
(Note: the past tense of the verb to lead, that is, led, is frequently misspelled as lead. This is due to confusion with the correct spelling of the past tense of to read, which is indeed read and rhymes with "bed".)
All of these meanings are pronounced [liːd] (to rhyme with "bead"):
- Lead actor or lead actress
- Lead singer
- Lead instrument, such as lead guitar
- Lead and follow, the direction or guidance one partner communicates to the other
- Lead (geology), a subsurface feature with the potential to have entrapped oil or gas
- Lead (electronics), a metallic wire for electrical devices and equipments
- A leash used to lead an animal
- Lead, the first part of every orthographic syllable in Hangul, also known as "initial"
- Lead, a chemical entity in Drug discovery
- Lead, the amount of distance aimed in front of a moving target
- Lead (news), the leading news story, or leading part of a news story
- A news lead, is a tip or clue that may lead to the uncovering of interesting facts
- Lead (marketing), a potential customer
- Lead paragraph, the opening paragraph of an article
- Lead (steam engine), a valve timing parameter
- Lead (sea ice), a temporary stretch of open water in arctic ice
- Lead-lag compensator, a component in a control system
[edit] Other meanings
- Lead, South Dakota (pronounced [liːd]), a city in the United States
- Lead (band)
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