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noun

Lambda n.

The name of the Greek letter lambda, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

(Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

(Phys.) A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion.

Lambda moth (Zool.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the skull are closed, the occipital lies about halfway between the external auditory meatus and the external occipital protuberance, while the parietal still affords evidence of the earlier comminution, one fissure passing backwards as far as the lambda, and the whole ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

Words linked to "Lambda" : lambda hyperon, craniometric point, letter, letter of the alphabet, Trimorphodon lambda, alphabetic character, Greek alphabet, lambda particle