lemma
(noun) the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
lemma
(noun) a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
lemma, flowering glume
(noun) the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
(linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
(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.
• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
(botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
(botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
• melam
Lemma
A female given name
• melam
Source: Wiktionary
Lem"ma, n.; pl. L. Lemmata, E. Lemmas. Etym: [L. lemma, Gr. Syllable.]
Definition: A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
