lambda
IPA: ɫˈæmdʌ
noun
- The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
- (physics, mathematics) Unit representation of wavelength.
- (physics) The cosmological constant.
- (anatomy) The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
- A female given name.
- (physics) Short for lambda baryon. [(physics) Any of three particles, having no electric charge and an isotopic spin of 1, composed of an up quark, down quark and either a strange quark, a charm quark or a bottom quark]
- (programming) Short for lambda expression. [An algebraic expression representing a function by binding one or more parameters to an expression which may contain those parameters.]
- (programming) Short for lambda function. [(programming) An anonymous function; a function that is defined in an inline, ad-hoc manner, and often doesn't have a name (not bound to an identifier).]
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Examples of "lambda" in Sentences
- It is related to the lambda calculus.
- Lambda bacteriophage and transduction.
- Background on phage lambda and lysogeny.
- Arithmetic in lambda calculus. and so on.
- Lambda is the incident wavelength of the laser.
- The lambda calculus was invented in the 1930's.
- This system has no lambda loop or lambda control.
- The lambda term for the determiner 'no' is the following.
- The model organism for studying lysogeny is the lambda phage.
- It is lambda or lambda and the number one less if it is an integer.