lambda calculus

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Definition of lambda calculus in English English dictionary

Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions

Hyphenation

lamb·da cal·cu·lus

Turkish pronunciation

lämdı kälkyılıs

Pronunciation

/ˈlamdə ˈkalkyələs/ /ˈlæmdə ˈkælkjələs/

Etymology

() Coined by Alonzo Church after the use of the Greek letter lambda (λ) as the basic abstraction operator in the calculus.