lemmata in English
noun
1
a subsidiary or intermediate theorem in an argument or proof.
It takes a long series of lemmas to show how powerful the primitive recursive functions are.
2
a heading indicating the subject or argument of a literary composition, an annotation, or a dictionary entry.
The lemma is always followed by an analysis of the text.
3
the lower bract of the floret of a grass.
On the day before florets opened, the third florets from the top of the first branches were fixed in FAA after removing the lemmas .
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1. For the formal proof, we require four elementary lemmata: If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and the angles included by those sides equal, then the triangles are congruent (side-angle-side).