lemma
/ˈlɛmə/
noun
- The base or dictionary form of a word, used as the main entry in a dictionary or glossary.
- The linguist studied how the lemma 'go' changes in different tenses.
- The lemma 'run' includes all its inflected forms like 'ran' and 'running'.
- In the dictionary, each lemma is listed in bold at the top of the entry.
- A proven statement or proposition used as a stepping stone to prove a larger theorem, especially in mathematics or logic.
- Each lemma in the paper built upon the previous one.
- We used Zorn's Lemma to complete the proof.
- The mathematician proved a lemma before tackling the main theorem.