Lemmata

3 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 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lemmata
       See {lemma}