lambda

Speech parts

1. lambda - Noun

2. Lambda - Proper noun

Meaning

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

The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

omega alpha kappa chi average bit ordinary driven beta rotated elasticity digraph Greek alphabet mem mu
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Antonyms

irregular ignorant careless reckless negligent thoughtless
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Hypernyms

letter alphabetic character letter of the alphabet craniometric point

Related terms

lambdacism

Phrases with the word

lambda wave lambda leak lambda moth simply typed lambda calculus typed lambda calculus linear lambda calculus

Examples

A classic paper highlighting the importance of lambda calculus as a basis for programming languages. Source: Internet

As a black queer woman, I'm honored to have a seat at the table to reimagine our vision for Lambda Legal so that it is a fully inclusive one." Source: Internet

Although (untyped) lambda calculus is Turing-complete, simply typed lambda calculus is not. Source: Internet

All knowledge of there being two objects and a dispatch on their types is in the lambda function. Source: Internet

Anonymous functions main For example, in Lisp the 'square' function can be expressed as a lambda expression as follows: (lambda (x) (* x x)) The above example is an expression that evaluates to a first-class function. Source: Internet

As R5RS says (R5RS sec. 3.1): "The most fundamental of the variable binding constructs is the lambda expression, because all other variable binding constructs can be explained in terms of lambda expressions." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lambasting lambative lambchop lambda abstraction lambda baryon lambda calculus