Lemma may refer to:
Language and linguistics
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Lemma (morphology)
In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (plural ''lemmas'' or ''lemmata'') is the canonical form, dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. In English, for example, ''break'', ''breaks'', ''broke'', ''broken'' and ''breaking'' ...
, the canonical, dictionary or citation form of a word
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Lemma (psycholinguistics), a mental abstraction of a word about to be uttered
Science and mathematics
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Lemma (botany), a part of a grass plant
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Lemma (mathematics)
In mathematics, informal logic and argument mapping, a lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) is a generally minor, proven proposition which is used as a stepping stone to a larger result. For that reason, it is also known as a "helping theorem" or an ...
, a type of proposition
Other uses
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''Lemma'' (album), by John Zorn (2013)
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Lemma (logic)
In mathematics, informal logic and argument mapping, a lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) is a generally minor, proven proposition which is used as a stepping stone to a larger result. For that reason, it is also known as a "helping theorem" or ...
, an informal contention
See also
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Analemma
In astronomy, an analemma (; ) is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as that position varies over the course of a year. The diagram will resemble a figure ...
, a diagram showing the variation of the position of the Sun in the sky
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Dilemma
A dilemma ( grc-gre, δίλημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The possibilities are termed the ''horns'' of the dilemma, a clichéd usage, but dist ...
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Lema (disambiguation)
Lema may refer to:
Nature Amphibians
* Lema tree frog, ''Hypsiboas lemai'', a species of frog
*''Centrolene lema'', a synonym for '' Vitreorana gorzulae'', the Bolivar giant glass frog
Insects
*'' Kedestes lema'', the Lema ranger, a butterfly
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Lemmatisation
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Neurolemma, part of a neuron
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