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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
2. 2
   the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull wordnet
3. 3
   Unit representation of wavelength.
4. 4
   the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
5. 5
   The cosmological constant.

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6. 6
   Ellipsis of lambda baryon. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
7. 7
   Ellipsis of lambda expression. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
8. 8
   Ellipsis of lambda function. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. 9
   The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
10. 10
    The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name.

   "Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander."

Synonyms

All synonyms

cosmological constantelasticityelasticitylambda variantmicrolitreomega

Example

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"The lambda sensor is on the fritz again."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.

Related phrases

Goodman and Kruskal's lambdaTukey lambda distributionlambda abstractionlambda calculuslambda expressionlambda functionlambda hyperonlambda leaklambda mothlambda particlelambda pointlambda probe

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