lambda
UK/ˈlæm.də/
lambda noun: the eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet. Also the ellipsis of lambda baryon.
Noun
lambda (plural lambdas)
- The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
- Unit representation of wavelength.
- The cosmological constant.
- The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
- The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
Proper noun capitalized: Lambda
Lambda
- A female given name.
- Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander.2022, James Breakwell, The Chosen Twelve
Also used as
lambda is also the ellipsis of lambda baryon.
lambda is also the ellipsis of lambda expression.
lambda is also the ellipsis of lambda function.
lambda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lambda in Hindi
- लैम्ब्डा, लैम्बडा, लाम्बडा
lambda in Tamil
- லாம்ப்டா, லம்ப்டா
lambda in Marathi
- name of the Greek letter
- लाम्बडा lāmbaḍā
lambda in Urdu
- لیمبڈا
More languagesFewer languages
- lambda in Bengali
- লাম্বডা, লাম্বদা, ল্যাম্বডা
- lambda in Telugu
- లామ్డా lāmḍā
- lambda in Malayalam
- ലാംബ്ഡ, ലാംഡ
- lambda in Kannada
- ಲ್ಯಾಂಬ್ಡಾ, ಲಾಂಬ್ಡಾ
- lambda in Punjabi
- ਲਾਮਬਡਾ
- lambda in Gujarati
- લામ્બડા, લેમ્બડા, લામ્બેડા
- lambda in Odia
- ଲାମ୍ବଡା, ଲାମ୍ବ୍ଡା
- lambda in Nepali
- लाम्बडा, लाम्ब्डा, ल्याम्बडा
- lambda in Tagalog
- lamda
- lambda in Arabic
- لَامْدَا lāmdā
- lambda in Malay
- lambda
- lambda in Persian
- لاندا lândâ
- lambda in Thai
- แลมบ์ดา lɛɛm-dâa
Examples of lambda in a sentence
- There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus.
- A lambda term can have one of these three forms: (1) a variable by itself, (2) a lambda abstraction, (3) an application of one lambda term to another one.
- There is an equivalence of categories between the category of simply typed lambda calculi and the category of cartesian closed categories; this was shown by Lambek and Scott.
Synonyms of lambda
Forms of lambda
| plural | lambdas |
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Origin of lambda
From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.
Words formed from lambda
Phrases with lambda
- lambda leaks
- lambda terms
- lambda baryon
- lambda points
- lambda probes
- lambda baryons
- lambda calculi
- Lambda variant
- lambda hyperons
- lambda functions
- lambda particles
- lambda expressions
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about lambda
- What does lambda mean?
- Lambda means the eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
- What is lambda in Hindi?
- Lambda in Hindi is लैम्ब्डा, लैम्बडा, लाम्बडा. See Lambda meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lambda?
- Lambda can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lambda?
- Lambda is pronounced /ˈlæm.də/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lambda?
- The plural of lambda is lambdas.
Words near lambda in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lambda (page history and authors); Lambda (page history and authors); lambda (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambda (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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