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Meaning of LAMBDA

Pronunciation:  'lamdu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
  2. [n]  the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
 
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 See Also: alphabetic character, craniometric point, Greek alphabet, letter, letter of the alphabet

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda],
   corresponding with the English letter L, l.
2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid
   sutures of the skull.
{Lambda moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its
   wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

A version of typed lambda-calculus, used to describe semantic domains.

["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation", D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].

 
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