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Deutsch: Mildeheitsfehler / Español: Error de benevolencia / Português: Erro de clemência / Français: Erreur de clémence / Italiano: Errore di clemenza /

Leniency error is a type of rating error in which a rater consistently gives all employees high ratings, regardless of their actual levels of performance.

Lens is the transparent focusing element of the eye through which light passes after passing through the cornea and the aqueous humor. The lens’s change in shape to focus at different distances is called accommodation.

- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) : Leonardo da Vinci is the famous Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and scientist. Da vinci lived from 1452 to 1519. He was a Florentine artist, a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. Leonardo studied the structure of the body using dissection and created elaborate anatomical drawings of humans and animals that aided medical research of the same.

Leptin refers to peptide released by fat cells; tends to decrease eating, partly by inhibiting release of neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus. Moreover, Leptin is protein hormone produced by fat cells in the body that is related to eating and weight control.

Lesbian is defined as a woman who is sexually attracted to women; a female who is interested romantically and sexually in other females.

Lesbian erotic role identification refer to roles of "butch" and "femme" in lesbian relationships.

Lesion means damage to a structure. Lesions is derived from Latin laesio, meaning "to hurt" any pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of brain tissue. Depending on their size and location, Lesions result in minor or major behavioral effects.

Lesion method refers to the method of investigating the functions performed by different areas of the brain by correlating impaired function with the location of damage to the brain.