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lem·ma¹

(lĕm′ə)

n. pl. lem·mas or lem·ma·ta (lĕm′ə-tə)

1. A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition.

2. A theme, argument, or subject indicated in a title.

3. A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing.

[Latin lēmma, from Greek, from lambanein, to take.]

lem·ma²

(lĕm′ə)

The lower of the two bracts that enclose each floret in a grass spikelet.

[Greek, husk, from lepein, to peel.]

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lemma

(ˈlɛmə)

n, pl -mas or -mata (-mətə)

1. (Mathematics) a subsidiary proposition, proved for use in the proof of another proposition

2. (Linguistics) linguistics a word considered as its citation form together with all the inflected forms. For example, the lemma go consists of go together with goes, going, went, and gone

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an argument or theme, esp when used as the subject or title of a composition

[C16 (meaning: proposition), C17 (meaning: title, theme): via Latin from Greek: premise, from lambanein to take (for granted)]

lemma

(ˈlɛmə)

n, pl -mas or -mata (-mətə)

(Botany) the outer of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet. Compare palea

[C19: from Greek: rind, from lepein to peel]

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lem•ma¹

(ˈlɛm ə)

n., pl. lem•mas, lem•ma•ta (ˈlɛm ə tə)

1. a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition.

2. an argument or theme, esp. when indicated in a heading.

3. a word or phrase that is glossed; headword.

[1560–70; < Latin: theme, epigram < Greek lêmma something received, premise, derivative of lambánein to take]

lem•ma²

(ˈlɛm ə)

n., pl. lem•mas.

the tough, sometimes leathery lower bract of the pair of bracts surrounding the floral parts in a grass spikelet.

[1745–55; < Greek lémma shell, husk, derivative of lépein to peel]

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Noun	1.	lemma - a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
	2.	lemma - the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae flowering glume glume - small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
	3.	lemma - the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry header, heading, head - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

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lemma

lemma

lemma

[ˈlemə] (lemmas or lemmata (pl)) [ˈlemətə] N → lema m

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lemma

pl <-s or -ta>

n (Ling) → Lemma nt

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The Higher Integrability of Commutators of Calderon-Zygmund Singular Integral Operators on Differential Forms

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From the Basic Homotopy Lemma to the Classification of C*-Algebras

The following Lemma is due to Lemma 3.3 of Leipus and Siaulys (2007).

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Since [E.sub.3)](1; F') = [E.sub.3)](1; G') by Lemmas 2.2,2.3,2.4 and 2.7 we get f [equivalent to] g.

Generalization on uniqueness of non-linear differential polynomials sharing 1-points

By Lemma 3, we obtain that [b.sub.5] (G) = -4n + 10 - 2[c.sub.5] (G).

Per-Spectral Characterizations of Bicyclic Networks

Thus, Lemma 5 implies that [PHI] is well defined on E.

Solutions for a Class of Nonperiodic Superquadratic Hamiltonian Elliptic Systems Involving Gradient Terms

Lemma 5 will be used to develop test functions needed for the proof of the converse.

Weighted Composition Operators between the Fractional Cauchy Spaces and the Bloch-Type Spaces

By this method, we finally obtain the vertex set [[union].sub.n[greater than or equal to]0] [FT.sub.n] = Q [intersection] [0, 1] of the Farey tree; see [8, Lemma 2.4].

Chromatic Numbers of Suborbital Graphs for the Modular Group and the Extended Modular Group

To see that u and v have indeed subharmonic extensions to (EQ) , we use our Lemma 2 as follows.

A Removability Result for Holomorphic Functions of Several Complex Variables

If [B.sub.12] = b[E.sub.12] and [B.sub.21] = c'[E.sub.21], apply Lemma 2.3 (3) to [B.sub.21] - [B.sub.12], then b, c' [member of] R.

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