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From Greek λήμμα (lḗmma), auxiliary proposition).

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Singular
lemma

Plural
lemmas or lemmata

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

  1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  2. (linguistics, usually ) A canonical form of a term, particularly in the context of highly inflected languages.
  3. (linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.

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lemma n.

  1. lemma (mathematics)
  2. lemma (linguistics) (canonical form of a term)
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