Definitions for lambdaˈlæm də

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lamb•daˈlæm də(n.)(pl.)-das.

  1. the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).

    Category: Language/Linguistics

Origin of lambda:

< Gk lá(m)bda < Semitic; see lamed

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lambda(noun)

    the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

  2. lambda(noun)

    the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

Wiktionary

  1. lambda(Noun)

    The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twelfth of the Old Greek.

  2. lambda(Noun)

    Unit representation of wavelength.

  3. lambda(Noun)

    A lambda expression.

  4. lambda(Noun)

    The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium

  5. lambda(Noun)

    A lambda baryon

  6. Origin: from Greek λάμδα

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lambda(noun)

    the name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l

  2. Lambda(noun)

    the point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull


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