lemma

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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

The connection between the discrete nature of Sperner’s lemma, with its spread out dots, and the continuous hairy ball, was surprising to me.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

Dr. Tanton explained how you can see the lemma for yourself.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

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