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lambda |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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]). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lambda n : the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LAMBDA A version of {typed lambda-calculus}, used to describe semantic {domain}s. ["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation", D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].
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