Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning .... the citation form of a word can mean:
In linguistics a lemma has two distinct interpretations:# morphology / lexicography: the canonical form or citation form of a set of forms ; e.g.... : the form of an inflected
Inflection
In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the way language handles grammatical relations and relational categories such as grammatical tense, grammatical mood, grammatical voice, grammatical aspect, grammatical person, grammatical number, grammatical gender, grammatical case.... word given in dictionaries or glossaries, thus also called the dictionary form.
its strong form or isolation form: the way it is pronounced when spoken carefully and in isolation.