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lambda term

lambda term noun: a well-formed formula in the language of a lambda calculus.

Noun

lambda term (plural lambda terms)

  1. A well-formed formula in the language of a 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.

Synonyms of lambda term

Forms of lambda term

plurallambda terms

Questions about lambda term

What does lambda term mean?
Lambda term means a well-formed formula in the language of a lambda calculus.
What part of speech is lambda term?
Lambda term is a noun.
What is the plural of lambda term?
The plural of lambda term is lambda terms.

Words near lambda term in the dictionary

  1. lambda particles
  2. lambda point
  3. lambda points
  4. lambda probe
  5. lambda probes
  6. lambda term
  7. lambda terms
  8. Lambda variant
  9. lambdacism
  10. lambdacisms
  11. lambdacismus

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