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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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