Lemma

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Lemma may refer to:

• Lemma (mathematics), a proven statement used as a stepping-stone toward the proof of another statement
• Lemma (linguistics), the canonical form of a word
• Lemma (logic), which is simultaneously a premise for a contention above it and a contention for premises below it
• Shadowing lemma, a fictional animal in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, which exists in only 2 dimensions and eats mathematicians

Common misspellings

• An analemma is the curve traced out by the sun over the course of a year, and the phenomenon may be used as a clock or calendar.
• Morris Iemma (note spelt with an I) is current premier of New South Wales