lemma : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lemma	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lemma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lemma n a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae Synonym(s): lemma, flowering glume the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lemma A result already proved, which is needed in the proof of some further result. (1995-03-25)