lemma

Example Sentences

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A false lemma is a false premise, or step in the reasoning process.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Sperner’s lemma is sort of a discrete version of that continuous theorem.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

Dr. Tanton chose Sperner’s lemma, which is related to the Brouwer fixed-point theorem that both Francis Su and Holly Krieger talked about on their episodes of the podcast.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

Once a lemma frequency dictionary was in place for each drug, this information was fed into Wordle to generate the detailed visualizations for each part of speech.

From Scientific American • Nov. 26, 2012

Some American Authors have recently adopted for the flowering glume the term lemma introduced by Piper.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.