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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.]
A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or
accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other
proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
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
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lemmata
n.
(plural of en lemma)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Lemmata
German n.
(plural of de Lemma)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lemmata
n.
(plural of en lemma)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lemmata
n.
(plural of en lemma)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Lemmata
German n.
(plural of de Lemma)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lemmata
n.
(plural of en lemma)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Lemmata
German n.
(plural of de Lemma)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Lemmata
Tyska n.
(böjning de subst Lemma)
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
lemma的复数形
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