lambda

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
noun the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.

+LICHA SOLIBIKOS LITHODOMOS O:RTHOSEN ME+ _The first Lambda is upside-down. — Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame, Francesco Colonna
But my conscience smote me for having uttered a truth, even to aid a friend, and hastening back to Athens, I arrived behind the philosopher’s chair as he was inditing the ‘αυλος.’ “Giving the lambda a fillip with my finger, I turned it upside down. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

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