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LEM

LEM noun: originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.

Noun

LEM (plural LEMs)

  1. (US) Originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
    Synonyms:
    LM
  2. Law of excluded middle.
    • What constructive mathematicians know is that there are mathematical universes in which sets are like topological spaces and properties are like open sets. In fact, these universes are well-known to classical mathematicians (they are called toposes), but they look at them from “the outside”. When...2005, Andrej Bauer, Mathematics and Computation: The Law of Excluded Middle

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lem

Lem (plural Lems)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lem

Lem

  1. (abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of Leamington Spa.
    • Went down to Lem the other day but the weather was abysmal.

Synonyms of LEM

Forms of LEM

Noun
pluralLEMs
Proper noun
pluralLems
alternative formLeam

Origin of LEM

* As a Dutch and North Germanic surname, shortened from Lambrecht or Lempert. See Lambert. * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lim.

Clipping of Leamington Spa.

Words formed from LEM

Phrases with LEM

Questions about LEM

What does LEM mean?
LEM means originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
What part of speech is LEM?
LEM can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of LEM?
The plural of LEM is LEMs.

Words near LEM in the dictionary

  1. Lella
  2. Lelle
  3. lellow
  4. Lelwel hartebeest
  5. Lelystad
  6. LEM
  7. LEM lifeboat
  8. LEM lifeboats
  9. lema
  10. Lemaire
  11. Lemaire Channel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LEM (page history and authors); Lem (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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