lemma

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Showing that they do was the first part of proving the lemma, however.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

In Schwartz’s solution to the Halpern-Weaver conjecture, the T-pattern lemma is a critical component.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Yoneda began explaining the lemma on the platform and continued it on the train before it departed the station.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

In this arrangement each article by itself is called a gloss; when reference is made only to the word explained it is called the lemma, while the explanation is termed the interpretamentum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various