Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lambda \Lamb"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda],
corresponding with the English letter L, l.
2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid
sutures of the skull.
{Lambda moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth so called from a mark on its
wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).
Source : WordNet®
lambda
n 1: the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
2: the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and
lamboid sutures of the skull
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
LAMBDA
A version of {typed lambda-calculus}, used to describe
semantic {domain}s.
["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation",
D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].