1. plural form of lemma; dictionary headwords or basic forms of words
Usage: technical; linguistics
2. plural form of lemma; preliminary propositions or assumptions in mathematical proofs
Usage: mathematics; formal logic

Examples

• The dictionary contains over 50,000 lemmata in multiple languages.
• Linguists study how lemmata relate to their inflected forms.
• The computer program identified the lemmata for each word in the text.
• Mathematical proofs often begin with several key lemmata.
• The theorem was built upon three fundamental lemmata.
• Students must understand the lemmata before proceeding to the main proof.