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