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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lemma \Lem"ma\ (l[ecr]m"m[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Lemmata} (-m[adot]*t[adot]), E. {Lemmas} (-m[adot]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. | |
