lambda

[ lam-duh ]

noun

1. the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

lambda

/ ˈlæmdə /

noun

1. the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ), a consonant transliterated as l

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambda¹

< Greek lá ( m ) bda < Semitic; lamed

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambda¹

C14: from Greek, from Semitic; related to lamed

Example Sentences

That number dips to around 50 percent in South America, where there are coronavirus variants that can evade parts of the immune system, including gamma, lambda and mu.

From Science News

The post A guide to delta, delta-plus, lambda, and other infectious coronavirus variants appeared first on Popular Science.

From Popular-Science

Masks help prevent the spread of infection, both with the original Covid-19 virus, and the delta variant that is taking hold of the US, and other variants like the lambda variant and those that will inevitably arise.

From Quartz

The WHO has said that delta is more transmissible than the other variants currently on its radar, like the alpha variant, first discovered in the UK in December, or the lambda variant, found in Peru in December.

From Quartz

A fifth of the cases, for example, were caused by the lambda variant first identified in Peru.

From Washington Post

It was also smart politics, said another former leader of Lambda, Adam R. Sorkin, now an attorney in Chicago.

From The Daily Beast

The first Lambda chapter was created at UCLA in 1981 and today there are at least 48 active chapters.

From The Daily Beast

Kenny Luong died trying to start a Lambda Phi Epsilon chapter at California State Polytechnical University in Pomona, Calif.

From The Daily Beast

When students want to start a new Lambda chapter, they learn the rules from a nearby campus.

From The Daily Beast

Bryan, a Lambda from Rutgers University, said he believes he benefited from the pledge process.

From The Daily Beast

The two forms of lambda serve for different notes, thus bringing the number of symbols up to fifteen.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides these, a Trojan pot, and a globular vessel with the above-mentioned decoration of a rounded lambda.

From Project Gutenberg

The largest star is called Lambda (λ); the others are Phi (φ) one and two.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus a lame girl was called Lambda, on account of the resemblance which her lameness made her bear to the letter λ, or lambda!

From Project Gutenberg

Pions and muons, plus and minus; the lambda and the antilambda.

From Project Gutenberg