| LAMBDA | computing dictionary |
A version of typed lambda-calculus, used to describe semantic domains.
["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation", D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].
(03 Feb 2009)
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| lambda | medical dictionary |
1. The name of the Greek letter lambda, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
2. <anatomy> The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
<zoology> Lambda moth, a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr.
(01 Mar 1998)
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