plural of lampshade hat

(lighting) A type of lamp, popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, that moves droplets of water or oil along filaments to create the illusion of falling rain.

(anatomy) Orbital lamina of ethmoid bone

The wick of an oil lamp

One who lampoons.

Alternative form of desklamp

plural of lambda function

(programming) An anonymous function; a function that is defined in an inline, ad-hoc manner, and often doesn't have a name (not bound to an identifier).

(computing theory) A well-formed formula in the language of a lambda calculus.

(computing theory) A lambda term of the form (𝜆x.t) where x is a variable and t another lambda term. Any free instance of x within t (considered by itself) then becomes bound by the 𝜆x. prefix. It is meant to represent an anonymous function.