lambda

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← kappa		→ mu
Λ λ Ancient Greek: λάμβδα
Wikipedia article on lambda

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.də/

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lambda (plural lambdas)

1. The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
2. (physics, mathematics) Unit representation of wavelength.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (physics) The cosmological constant.
4. (physics) Short for lambda baryon.
5. (programming) Short for lambda expression.
6. (programming) Short for lambda function.
7. (anatomy) The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.
8. (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): elasticity, omega

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

• lambdacism

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈlam.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈlam.da]

lambda f (plural lambdes)

1. lambda; the Greek letter Λ (lowercase λ)

lambda n or f

1. lambda (Greek letter)

when feminine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.

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lambda f (plural lambda's, diminutive lambdaatje n)

1. lambda (letter of the Greek alphabet)

• lambda on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

< Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda)

Greek letter

Λλ	Previous:	kappa
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• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmbdɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝mbdɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmdɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝mdɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmbdɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lamb‧da

lambda

1. lambda (Greek letter)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃b.da/, /lɑ̃mb.da/, /lɑ̃m.da/

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lambda m (plural lambda or lambdas)

1. lambda (Greek letter)
2. (finance) price elasticity of an option in relation to that of its holder
3. (ethology) the most ordinary member of a group
4. a former unit of capacity or volume equivalent to a microliter, whose symbol is λ
5. (acoustics) a level of intensity equivalent to forty decibels above the threshold for hearing a sound with a frequency of one kilohertz
6. Silver Y (moth)

   Synonym: noctuelle gamma

• Traditionally and most commonly, the plural is spelled without an s. However, according to the 1990 spelling reform, the plural should be spelled with an s.

lambda (plural lambdas or lambda)

1. common, usual
   • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:

     Branché sur une pulsation souterraine, que l’humain lambda ne perçoit pas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 April 12, L. Ro., quoting Marc Morelli, “Marc Morelli, le chirurgien des machines à coudre”, in La Provence, page 7:

     Je dirais qu’aujourd’hui 20 à 30 % de ma clientèle confectionnent des robes d’Arlésienne, mais finalement, le plus gros de mes ventes est réalisé par des personnes lambda pour de la couture libre, des vêtements pour enfants par exemple.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “lambda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒmbdɒ]
• Hyphenation: lamb‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

lambda (plural lambdák)

1. lambda (Greek letter)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lambda	lambdák
accusative	lambdát	lambdákat
dative	lambdának	lambdáknak
instrumental	lambdával	lambdákkal
causal-final	lambdáért	lambdákért
translative	lambdává	lambdákká
terminative	lambdáig	lambdákig
essive-formal	lambdaként	lambdákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lambdában	lambdákban
superessive	lambdán	lambdákon
adessive	lambdánál	lambdáknál
illative	lambdába	lambdákba
sublative	lambdára	lambdákra
allative	lambdához	lambdákhoz
elative	lambdából	lambdákból
delative	lambdáról	lambdákról
ablative	lambdától	lambdáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lambdáé	lambdáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lambdáéi	lambdákéi

Possessive forms of lambda
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lambdám	lambdáim
2nd person sing.	lambdád	lambdáid
3rd person sing.	lambdája	lambdái
1st person plural	lambdánk	lambdáink
2nd person plural	lambdátok	lambdáitok
3rd person plural	lambdájuk	lambdáik

lambda n (genitive singular lambda, nominative plural lömbdu) or
lambda f (genitive singular lömbdu, nominative plural lömbdur)

1. lambda (Greek letter)

lambda m or f (invariable)

1. lambda (Greek letter)

lambda m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) lambda

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda), from Phoenician 𐤋 (l‬ /⁠lāmed⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlam.bda/

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• Rhymes: -ambda
• Syllabification: lam‧bda

lambda f

1. lambda (Greek letter Λ, λ)
2. (physics) lambda baryon

• lambda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: lamb‧da

lambda m (plural lambdas)

1. lambda (name of the Greek letter Λ, λ)

Borrowed from Greek λάμβδα (lámvda).

lambda m (plural lambda)

1. lambda

• IPA^(key): /ˈlamda/ [ˈlãm.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -amda

lambda f (plural lambdas)

1. lambda; the Greek letter Λ, λ

• “lambda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28