Lambda

['læmdə]

Definition

(noun.) the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull.

(noun.) the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Edited by Adrian--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

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

Edited by Carmella

Definition

n. the Greek letter corresponding to Roman l.—n. Lamb′dacism a too frequent use of words containing l: a defective pronunciation of r making it like l.—adjs. Lamb′doid -al shaped like the Greek capital Λ—applied in anatomy to the suture between the occipital and the two parietal bones of the skull.

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