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lemma¹ Definition

lemma (lemə)

noun pl. -·mas or -·mata-ə tə

  1. a proposition proved, or sometimes assumed, to be true and used in proving a theorem
  2. the subject of a composition, gloss, or note, esp. when used as a heading
  3. a term glossed in a list

Etymology: L < Gr lēmma, something taken or received, something taken for granted < lambanein, to seize, assume < IE base *(s)lagw-, to grasp > latch

lemma² Definition

lemma (lemə)

noun

the outer or lower of the two bracts or scales surrounding the flower of a grass

Etymology: Gr, a husk < base of lepein, to peel: see leper

lemma Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • prove: Suppose somebody suggests an approach to an unsolved problem that involves proving an intermediate lemma.
  • use: What I would like is to just get the names of the lemmas directly used in the proof of test itself.
  • pump: Standard results about normal forms, pumping lemmas, etc. , are used to chart the scope and limits of the context-free grammars.
  • embed: We also show how to use these results to prove a weak version of the conjectured probabilistic embedding lemma.
  • have: These words mostly fulfill syntactic functions; they have elaborate lemmas but lean lexical concepts.
  • know: We do know three lemmas contained in The Porisms since Diophantus refers to them in the Arithmetica.

Adjective modifier

  • simple: The answers use some simple lemmas which are not given in the book.
  • generic: The generic approximation lemma ( pdf, ps, bibtex ) Graham Hutton and Jeremy Gibbons.
  • basic: Now we can continue the sequence ` beyond infinity ' by using the basic lemma repeatedly, starting at t w.
  • related: Each line in the resource file shows an inflected form, its part of speech, its related lemma and its morphological information.

Modifies a noun

  • frequency: In contrast to previous, factorially designed experiments, no clear effects of lemma frequency were found.
  • database: PVS provides restricted invocation of highly automated techniques for checking matters such as continuity, supported by the lemma database mentioned above.
  • effect: No effects of affix homonymy were found, but clear lemma frequency effects were found in the regressions.

Noun used with modifier

  • approximation: The generic approximation lemma ( pdf, ps, bibtex ) Graham Hutton and Jeremy Gibbons.
  • regularity: However, the area has been going through spectacular growth recently due to the advent of new tools like the so-called hypergraph regularity lemma.
  • substitution: We look at denotational semantics, using sets and functions, the substitution lemma and equational theory.

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