LAMBDA


Meaning of LAMBDA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlam-də ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Greek, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew lāmedh lamed

Date: 15th century

1. : the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet — see alphabet table

2. : an uncharged unstable elementary particle that has a mass 2183 times that of an electron and that decays typically into a nucleon and a pion

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