Definitions of lemma in English
noun
(1) 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,the head of an annotation or gloss [also: lemmata (pl)]
(2) A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
(3) The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
(4) The head of an annotation or gloss [also: lemmata (pl)]
Examples of lemma in English
(1) I found a gap in a proof and proved a lemma to set it right.
(2) Two leafy organs protect the floret of grasses, the lemma , and the palea, and both are considered to represent reduced vegetative leaves.
(3) They give every last lemma of neoclassical theory the status of Holy Writ
(4) In the basal part of the floret, the mRNA label was very strong in the two distinctive bracts, lemma and palea, as well as in the base of the two lodicules and the pistil complex.
(5) Each floret is enclosed in a lemma and palea and all florets produce two lodicules, three stamens, and a gynoecium.
(6) The lemma is always followed by an analysis of the text.
(7) The fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations is named after him.
(8) To state the lemma , we need to make one more definition concerning functors.
(9) The following lemma is fundamental in the theory of incomplete markets.
(10) It takes a long series of lemmas to show how powerful the primitive recursive functions are.
(11) On the day before florets opened, the third florets from the top of the first branches were fixed in FAA after removing the lemmas .
(12) Phenotypic traits include barbed lemmas , small sterile lateral spikelets, short glume awns, narrow leaves, semismooth awns, and long rachilla hairs.
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