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Lemmas

Lemma \Lem"ma\ (l[e^]m"m[.a]), n.; pl. L. Lemmata (-m[.a]*t[.a]), E. Lemmas (-m[.a]z). [L. lemma, Gr. lh^mma anything received, an assumption or premise taken for granted, fr. lamba`nein to take, assume. Cf. Syllable.]

  1. (Math., Logic) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.

  2. A word that is included in a glossary or list of headwords; a headword.

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lemmas

n. (plural of lemma English)

Usage examples of "lemmas".

It was Barbara Lemmas, a professor of the Seventh Level, one of Technica's local bigwigs.

I am more comfortable with my lemmas out in open pasture than I am with cities.

I tend to lose lemmas into those caves with the animals being lured in by Creatures of Darkness.

Perhaps Joshua encountered situations, di lemmas, complexities on Thanatos Minor which we did not fore see.

Waterhouse works through that stuff and comes up with some nice lemmas which he lamentably cannot send to Alan without violating both common sense and any number of security procedures.