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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lambda \Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda.]
     1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda],
        corresponding with the English letter L, l.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid
        sutures of the skull.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Phys.) A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a
        mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays
        rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion. --MW10
        [PJC]
  
     Lambda moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its
        wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lambda \Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
     1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda],
        corresponding with the English letter L, l.
  
     2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid
        sutures of the skull.
  
     Lambda moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its
        wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).

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