Lemma

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A word that is included in a glossary or list of
        headwords; a headword.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  main entry word \main entry word\ n.
     The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is
     alphabetized in a dictionary; also called {entry word},
     {headword}, and {lemma}.
  
     Syn: citation form, entry word, headword, lemma.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     Note: In different languages, different wordforms, such as
           cases for verbs, may be taken as the main entry word.
           In English dictionaries, it is the infinitive form, but
           in latin dictionaries it is usually the first person
           singular present.
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lemma
       n 1: a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order
            to prove another proposition
       2: the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately
          enclosing the floret in most Gramineae [syn: {flowering
          glume}]
       3: the head of an annotation or gloss
       [also: {lemmata} (pl)]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  lemma
       
           A result already proved, which is needed in the proof
          of some further result.
       
          (1995-03-25)