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noun

Lambda n.

The name of the Greek letter lambda, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

(Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

(Phys.) A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion.

Lambda moth (Zool.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lambda" Quotes from Famous Books

... them and us, we have the use of the Greek B in our V, of our B they haue none; so have we of their [uppercase lambda] and [uppercase theta] in our Th, which in the wordes that and things expresseth both; but of our D they haue none. Likewise their T we turn to another use in yield, than they can; and as for E,G, and J, neither ...

— The Survey of Cornwall • Richard Carew

Words linked to "Lambda" : lambda particle, letter of the alphabet, lambda hyperon, alphabetic character, Greek alphabet, letter