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  • noun Plural form of lemma.

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Examples

  • The educational carreer of the Tractatus appears from two commentaries, [6] which contain short lemmata and a number of questions

    Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

  • There are many profane sciences which borrow unproved from a superior science their highest principles; these are the so-called lemmata, subsidiary propositions, which serve as premises for further conclusions.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • I = 0 bits in which all words belong to a single lemma, when equation (8) allows the introduction of previously unrepresented lemmata, that is, ones with

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010

  • In 1970 the first volume appeared from Treccani in Rome, and by 1976 the fifth and final volume of lemmata had appeared.

    Enciclopedia dantesca, gen. ed. Umberto Bosco, 6 vols (Treccani, 1970-1976) Miglior acque 2007

  • In 1970 the first volume appeared from Treccani in Rome, and by 1976 the fifth and final volume of lemmata had appeared.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Miglior acque 2007

  • Why, then, should Catholic theology, because of its postulates, lemmata, and mysteries, be denied the name of a science?

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • De Rerum Natura, for instance, ~1,600 out of ~4,500 lemmata in the archetype of manuscripts

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010

  • Assuming that p is constant among lemmata amounts to assuming that the p ks approach a common value p as an average, for which justifications can be found in instances like this one

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010

  • Loss during copying should be common because most lemmata occur quite infrequently.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010

  • A text may gain or lose lemmata through repeated miscopying, but as equation (3) shows, the overall trend will be toward replacement of less common lemmata by more common ones, with the eventual loss of lemmata from the text.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John L. Cisne et al. 2010

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  • plural form of lemma.

    March 24, 2009

  • Like those lemmata of Zorn and Fatou.

    "Dinner's ruined. my stigmata bled all over the lemmata salad".

    (overheard in Saint Augustine's house)

    March 24, 2009