Lambda - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Lambda :  (noun)
1: the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
2: the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

Based on WordNet 2.0

Lambda : \Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda], corresponding with the English letter L, l.

2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambda moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Lambda : 

A version of typed lambda-calculus, used to describe semantic domains.

["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation", D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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