Wiktionary (4.00 / 3 votes) Rate this definition: oy gevalt (Interjection). Oh, God!. oy gevalt (Interjection). uh-oh!, woe is me!. oy gevalt (Interjection). Enough already.. Origin: From ××± ××°×Ö·×× (oy gvald).This comes from Gewalt (power, force violence); the similar Polish gwaÅt (violence) is also from German, (the Polish and Ukranian word has since gravitated into rape).rigin: From ××± ××°×Ö·×× (oy gvald). This comes from Gewalt (power, force violence); the similar Polish gwaÅt (violence) is also from German, (the Polish and Ukranian word has since gravitated into rape).
The inside lane is the one closest to the on-ramp, and the outside lane is the one closest to the barrier. We do tend to use left lane and right lane more often, but that alone might throw off a UK visitor. : : : : I should also add that we use the term passing lane to denote the proper use of the left lane.
The Distances Around Each Lane. Since the distance around the track in lane one, the inside lane, is 400 meters the distance around the track for the other lanes can be calculated by knowing the lane width and a few other measurements. The formula, L = 2S + 2pi(R + (n-1)w) can be used to calculate the distances around the track for the various lanes.