λ

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See also: [U+A7DB LATIN SMALL LETTER LAMBDA], Λ [U+039B GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA], ʌ [U+028C LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V], ƛ [U+019B LATIN SMALL LETTER LAMBDA WITH STROKE], λ., ƛ̕, 𐓛 [U+104DB OSAGE SMALL LETTER AH], [U+5165 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5165], ג [U+05D2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL], and Appendix:Variations of "l"

λ U+03BB, λ
GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA
κ
[U+03BA]
Greek and Coptic μ
[U+03BC]

Translingual

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Symbol

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λ

  1. (physics) wavelength
  2. (physics, chemistry) Half-life
  3. (mathematical analysis) Lebesgue measure
  4. (computer science) Lambda abstraction
  5. (NAPA) a voiced alveolar lateral affricate (IPA [d͡ɮ]).
    Synonym:

Usage notes

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As an orthographic letter of a Latin alphabet, Unicode has assigned a distinct character, . See Latin lambda.

Further reading

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Derived from its majuscule counterpart Λ.

Letter

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λ (l) (lowercase, uppercase Λ)

  1. Lower-case lambda (λάβδα), the 11th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the alveolar lateral approximant /l/. It is preceded by κ and followed by μ.

Derived terms

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See also lambda

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Greek

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Letter

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λ (l) (lowercase, uppercase Λ)

  1. The lower case letter lambda (λάμδα), the eleventh letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral

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λ (l)

  1. The number thirty in Greek numerals.

Numeral

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͵λ (transliteration needed)

  1. The number 30,000 in Greek numerals.

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