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lambda particle — noun an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1 • Syn: ↑lambda hyperon • Hypernyms: ↑hyperon * * * noun see lambda II * * * Physics. any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness 1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least… … Useful english dictionary
lambda particle — Physics. any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness 1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbolically represented by the capital greek letter… … Universalium
Lambda — (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; el. Λάμβδα or el. Λάμδα, Lamda) is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 30. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Lamed the name of the letter, Λάμδα, is… … Wikipedia
lambda — [lam′də] n. [Gr < Sem, as in Heb lāmedh, LAMED] 1. the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ) 2. Particle Physics an uncharged hyperon with a mass of c. 1,115.68 MeV/c, which is c. 2,183 times the mass of an electron: it decays very… … English World dictionary
Lambda baryon — The Lambda baryons are a family of subatomic hadron particles which have the symbols Λ0 , Λ+ c, Λ0 b and Λ … Wikipedia
lambda baryon — noun Any of three particles, having no electric charge and an isotopic spin of 1, composed of an up quark, down quark and either a strange quark, a charm quark or a bottom quark Syn: lambda hyperon, lambda particle … Wiktionary
lambda hyperon — noun an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1 • Syn: ↑lambda particle • Hypernyms: ↑hyperon … Useful english dictionary
Lambda — Lamb da, n. [NL., fr. Gr. la mbda.] 1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda], corresponding with the English letter L, l. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lambda moth — Lambda Lamb da, n. [NL., fr. Gr. la mbda.] 1. The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda], corresponding with the English letter L, l. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lambda phage — Taxobox color = violet name = Enterobacteria phage λ image width = 200px image caption = virus group = I ordo = Caudovirales familia = Siphoviridae subfamily = genus = λ like viruses species = λ Phage Enterobacteria phage λ (lambda phage) is a… … Wikipedia
