Lemmas

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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]