Lambda (disambiguation)
Lambda is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet that is λ, and capital form Λ.
Lambda may also refer to:
Physics and mathematics
- Lambda baryon, a type of subatomic particle
- Lambda point, the temperature below which normal fluid helium (helium I) transitions to superfluid helium II
- Wilks' lambda distribution, a probability distribution used in multivariate hypothesis testing
- Lambda calculus, formal system for function definition
- Goodman and Kruskal's lambda in statistics indicates the proportional reduction in error when one variable's values are used to predict the values of another variable
- The cosmological constant, represented by a capital lambda – Λ
- Flux linkage, an electromagnetic property of a two-terminal electric circuit element
- Wavelength
- Lambda (unit), a mostly obsolete name or notation for the microliter
- Lambda transition, a type of phase transition in condensed matter physics.
Computing
- Lambda (programming), used in some programming languages to denote anonymous functions or closures
- National LambdaRail, a research high-speed computer network
- AWS Lambda, a serverless computing platform by Amazon
- Lambda architecture
Biology
- Lambda (anatomy), the point on the skull where the two parietal bones and the occipital bone come together
- Lambda phage, a virus that infects bacteria
Education
- Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts, in Pierrefonds, Montreal, Quebec
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, a drama school located in London, UK
Transportation
- Lambda-class shuttle, a transport vehicle in the Star Wars universe
- GM Lambda platform, a crossover SUV automobile platform from General Motors
- Lancia Lambda, an historic Italian automobile
- Lambda (rocket), a series of Japanese rockets
- Lambda, air–fuel equivalence ratio to stoichiometry in engines
- Lambda probe, an automotive oxygen sensor
Fiction
- Lambda-Delta (or Lambdadelta), a witch in Umineko no Naku Koro ni
- Lambda-11, a character in the BlazBlue series
- Lambda Zellweger, a character in the video game Wild Arms 4
- Lambda Angelus, a major character in the video game Tales of Graces
- Lambda Lambda Lambda, a fictional college fraternity in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series
- The logo for the Half-Life video game series is a lowercase lambda – λ
- The word "lambda" also features prominently throughout the series
Other uses
- LGBT_symbols#Lambda
- Lambda (newspaper), a weekly student newspaper at Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada
- Lambda (olive oil), a Greek olive oil brand
- Lambda Literary Awards, a group of U.S. book awards for gay and lesbian literature
- Lambda Legal, a gay and lesbian legal advocacy group in the United States
- Lambda Rising, a gay and lesbian bookstore in Washington, DC
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