lemma
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lem·ma1 
[lem-uh] Pronunciation Key
[lem-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural lem·mas, lem·ma·ta
[lem-uh-tuh] Pronunciation Key.
[lem-uh-tuh] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem. |
| 2. | an argument, theme, or subject, esp. when indicated in a heading. |
| 3. | a word or phrase that is glossed; headword. |
[Origin: 1560–70; < L: theme, title, epigram < Gk lêmma something received, premise, akin to lambánein to take, receive, take for granted]
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lem·ma2
[lem-uh] Pronunciation Key
[lem-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural lem·mas. Botany.
| a bract in a grass spikelet just below the pistil and stamens. |
[Origin: 1745–55; < Gk lémma shell, husk, akin to lépein to peel]
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| lem·ma 1
(lěm'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. lem·mas or lem·ma·ta (lěm'ə-tə)
[Latin lēmma, from Greek, from lambanein, to take.] |
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| lem·ma 2
(lěm'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. The outer or lower of the two bracts that enclose the flower in a grass spikelet. [Greek, husk, from lepein, to peel.] |
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| lemma | |
noun | |
| 1. | a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition |
| 2. | the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae |
| 3. | the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| lemma
(lěm'ə) Pronunciation Key
Plural lemmas or lemmata (lěm'ə-tə)
The outer or lower of the two bracts enclosing one of the flowers within a grass spikelet.
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lemma logic
A result already proved, which is needed in the proof of some further result.
(1995-03-25)
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Lemma
Lem"ma\ (l[e^]m"m[.a]), n.; pl. L. Lemmata (-m[.a]*t[.a]), E. Lemmas (-m[.a]z). [L. lemma, Gr. lh^mma anything received, an assumption or premise taken for granted, fr. lamba`nein to take, assume. Cf. Syllable.] A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
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