Lemma
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Lemma may refer to:

  • Lemma (mathematics)
    Lemma (mathematics)
    In mathematics, a lemma is a proven proposition which is used as a stepping stone to a larger result rather than as a statement in-and-of itself...

    , a proven statement used as a stepping-stone toward the proof of another statement
  • Lemma (morphology), the canonical form or citation form of a word
  • Lemma (psycholinguistics)
    Lemma (psycholinguistics)
    In psycholinguistics, a lemma is an abstract conceptual form of a word that has been mentally selected for utterance in the early stages of speech production...

    , an intermediate form a word about to be uttered takes during speech production
  • Headword
    Headword
    A headword, head word, lemma, or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related dictionary or encyclopaedia entries appear. The headword is used to locate the entry, and dictates its alphabetical position...

    , in lexicons
  • Lemma (logic)
    Lemma (logic)
    In informal logic and argument mapping, a lemma is simultaneously a contention for premises below it and a premise for a contention above it....

    , which is simultaneously a premise for a contention above it and a contention for premises below it
  • Lemma (botany)
    Lemma (botany)
    Lemma is a phytomorphological term used in botany referring to a part of the spikelet of grasses . It is the lowermost of two chaff-like bracts enclosing the grass floret. It often bears a long bristle called an awn, and may be similar in form to the glumes - chaffy bracts at the base of each...

    , one of the specialised bracts enclosing a floret in a grass inflorescence

Misspellings

  • Analemma
    Analemma
    In astronomy, an analemma is a curve representing the angular offset of a celestial body from its mean position on the celestial sphere as viewed from another celestial body relative to the viewing body's celestial equator...

    , the curve traced out by a celestial body over the course of a year on the celestial sphere of another body; a phenomenon that may be used to determine the time of year
  • Morris Iemma
    Morris Iemma
    Morris Iemma , is a former Australian politician and 40th Premier of New South Wales, succeeding Bob Carr after he resigned on 3 August 2005. Iemma led the Australian Labor Party to victory in the 2007 election before resigning as Premier on 5 September 2008, and as a Member of Parliament on 19...

    (Note: spelling with a capital i), former premier of the Australian state of New South Wales
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