English Dictionary

lemma

/ˈlɛmə/

noun

(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

The lemma of this word is 'run'.

意味（1）

(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

意味（2）

(linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.

意味（3）

(psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.