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(lĕm'ə) pronunciation
n., pl., -mas, or lem·ma·ta (lĕm'ə-tə).
  1. A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition.
  2. A theme, argument, or subject indicated in a title.
  3. A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing.

[Latin lēmma, from Greek, from lambanein, to take.]


lem·ma2 (lĕm'ə) pronunciation
n.
The outer or lower of the two bracts that enclose the flower in a grass spikelet.

[Greek, husk, from lepein, to peel.]


An intermediate conclusion in a proof, marking a point en route to a conclusion.

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For a list of words related to lemma, see:
  • Logic - lemma: subsidiary proposition that helps prove another proposition
  • Linguistics and Writing Systems - lemma: form of word or phrase that represents its entire inflectional range, such as the form glossed in a dictionary


Lemma may refer to:

  • Lemma (mathematics), a proven statement used as a stepping-stone toward the proof of another statement
  • Lemma (morphology), the canonical form or citation form of a word
  • Lemma (psycholinguistics), an intermediate form a word about to be uttered takes during speech production
  • Headword, in lexicons
  • Lemma (logic), which is simultaneously a premise for a contention above it and a contention for premises below it
  • Lemma (botany), one of the specialised bracts enclosing a floret in a grass inflorescence

Misspellings

  • Analemma, the curve traced out by a celestial body over the course of a year on the celestial sphere of another body; a phenomenon that may be used to determine the time of year
  • Morris Iemma (Note: spelling with a capital i), former premier of the Australian state of New South Wales

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