lambda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
  2. noun the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

WordNet


Lamb"da noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. The name of the Greek letter Λ, λ, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
  2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Webster 1913