lemma
IPA: ɫˈɛmʌ
noun
- (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
- (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
- (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
- (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
- (rare) A female given name
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Examples of "lemma" in Sentences
- LEMMA Lemma or stem of word form.
- Fundamental lemma of sieve theory.
- Fundamental lemma of the Selberg sieve.
- Formal statement of the regularity lemma.
- Riesz's lemma is a lemma in functional analysis.
- Intuitively, the lemma is very simple to understand.
- The analogue in category theory is the Yoneda lemma.
- That is hijacking of lemma's and destructive antisocial behavior.
- Retrorse barbs can be found on the callus, the lemmas, and the awns.
- Sarrus also demonstrated the fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations.
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