Meaning of LEMMA
| Pronunciation: | | 'lemu
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- [n] the head of an annotation or gloss
- [n] a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
- [n] the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
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| | Synonyms: | | flowering glume |
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| | See Also: | | glume, head, header, heading, proposition | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | A result already proved, which is needed in the proof of some further result. |
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| | Definition: | | The lower of two bracts enclosing a grass flower. |
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