LEMMA

, is a term chiefly used by mathematicians, and signifies a proposition, previously laid down to prepare the way for the more easy apprehension of the demonstration of some theorem, or the construction of some problem.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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LEAGUE
LEAVER
LEE
LEGS
LEIBNITZ (Godfrey-William)
* LEMMA
LEMNISCATE
LENS
LEO
LEPUS
LEUCIPPUS