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lemmata

Variant of lemma

noun pl. lemmas or lemmata

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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