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1. (n.) lemma
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition.
2. lemma
an argument or theme, esp. when indicated in a heading.
3. lemma
a word or phrase that is glossed; headword.
4. (n.) lemma
the tough, sometimes leathery lower bract of the pair of bracts surrounding the floral parts in a grass spikelet.
Etymology: (1745–55; < Gk lémma shell, husk, der. of lépein to peel)
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1. (noun) lemma
a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
2. (noun) lemma, flowering glume
the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
3. (noun) lemma
the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
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1. (noun) lemma
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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