Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lambda"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lambda \Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda],
corresponding with the English letter L, l.
2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid
sutures of the skull.
{Lambda moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its
wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lambda
n 1: the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
2: the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and
lamboid sutures of the skull
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