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lamda

lamda is the nonstandard spelling of lambda.

Meaning of lambda

Noun

lambda (plural lambdas)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
  2. Unit representation of wavelength.
  3. The cosmological constant.
  4. The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
  5. The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.

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Proper noun capitalized: LAMDA

LAMDA

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
    • ‘I’d be happy to get into any of them, but LAMDA’s got the best reputation for developing young women in theatre,’ she said, as if Jesse were interviewing her for the place.2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 177

Forms of lamda

plurallamdas

Questions about lamda

What is lamda the nonstandard spelling of?
Lamda is the nonstandard spelling of lambda.
What part of speech is lamda?
Lamda is a proper noun.

Words near lamda in the dictionary

  1. Lambunao
  2. lamburger
  3. lamburgers
  4. lamby
  5. Lambya
  6. lamda
  7. lamdan
  8. lamdanim
  9. lamdas
  10. lamdoid
  11. lamdoidal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lamda (page history and authors); LAMDA (page history and authors); lambda (page history and authors). 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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