noun
lemma
a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
In a sentence
Six example sentences with lemma, each labelled with its topic.
The appeal rested on a small lemma about notice periods, which the court accepted before reaching the larger question.
Law
The stability argument opens with a lemma about load paths, and only then does the roof calculation follow.
Architecture
The growth model needs one lemma about savings behavior before the main result on capital accumulation can be established.
Economics
The lecture proved a small lemma about consistent beliefs first, then used it to reach the main claim about knowledge.
Philosophy
The paper proves a lemma that the queue never overflows, and the correctness of the whole scheduler rests on it.
Technology
Before tackling the orbit calculation, the students establish a lemma about how the two forces add along a straight line.
Science
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