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Lambda is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ), used across scientific and technical fields.
In physics, lambda represents wavelength.
In mathematics and computer science, lambda denotes anonymous functions—functions defined without being bound to a name: Python's lambda expressions let you write quick one-liners.
Lambda calculus is the formal system underlying functional programming.
In genetics, lambda phage is a virus that infects bacteria.
The symbol appears in various specialized contexts, from cosmology's cosmological constant to linear algebra's eigenvalues.
First Greek letter
Purpose or duty
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- arrowPointed shaft for shooting
callback · inline · functional · map · filter · reduce · LISP · Python
Three-quark composite particle
- hadronQuark-containing subatomic particle
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- quarkFundamental matter particle
- decayGradual organic breakdown
charmed · bottom · neutral · mass · spin · strangeness · lifetime · sigma
Rate of recurrence
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- nanometerMetric unit, billion-fold smaller
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- colorVisual hue property
infrared · ultraviolet · visible · redshift · blueshift · monochromatic · emission · absorption
Virus infecting bacterial cells
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- lyticCausing cell destruction
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
genome · molecular biology · cloning · vector · genetic engineering · induction · bacteria
alpha
First Greek letter
zeta · eta · theta · iota · kappa · mu · nu · xi · omicron · pi
function
Purpose or duty
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
arrow · callback · inline · functional · map · filter · reduce · LISP · Python · JavaScript
baryon
Three-quark composite particle
- hadronQuark-containing subatomic particle
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- quarkFundamental matter particle
decay · charmed · bottom · neutral · mass · spin · strangeness · lifetime · sigma · xi
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- nanometerMetric unit, billion-fold smaller
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
color · infrared · ultraviolet · visible · redshift · blueshift · monochromatic · emission · absorption · spectral
bacteriophage
Virus infecting bacterial cells
temperate · genome · molecular biology · cloning · vector · genetic engineering · induction · bacteria
dark energy
Force accelerating universal expansion
density · spacetime · accelerating · parameter · Hubble
- Greek lifefraternities, fraternity, sorority, sororities, frats
- lambda calculusabstraction, application, bound variable, substitution, reduction
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- Greek lettersalpha, beta, delta, epsilon, zeta
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, delta, epsilon, zeta
- cosmologybig bang, Big Bang, big bang theory, universe, dark matter
lambdaalpha
First Greek letter
omega · first letter · last letter · zeta · beginning
lambdadef
Word's meaning, abbreviated
method · class · subroutine · procedure · stored procedure
- lambda phageVirus parasitizing intestinal bacteria