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lemma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lemma noun In mathematics, a proposition that is proved or accepted so that it can be used in proving another proposition.

Senses

lemma is used for these senses in English:

  • lemma (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  • lemma (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

lemma — full definition

  1. noun In mathematics, a proposition that is proved or accepted so that it can be used in proving another proposition.
  2. noun In linguistics and lexicography, the canonical form of a word, which is the form usually given as the headword in a dictionary.
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