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lambda

  • noun
  • /ˈlæm.də/

The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

Other meanings

  1. Unit representation of wavelength.en

  2. The cosmological constant.

Related words

  • antilambda
  • kilolambda
  • lambda calculus
  • lambdacism
  • lambda expression
  • Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
  • lambda moth
  • lambdoid
  • lambda leak
  • lamda
  • lambda abstraction
  • lambda function

Word history

From Ancient Greek "λάμβδα".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lambda” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.