English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 22 of 329
One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: LaGrange. Named after Château de la Grange-Bléneau, the home of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.
For a given set of points (x_j,y_j) with no two x_j values equal, the polynomial of lowest degree that assumes at each value x_j the corresponding value y_j, so that the functions coincide at each point.
A set of equations of motion of a mechanical system which relate the kinetic energy of the system to its generalized coordinates.
A formula which when given a set of n points (x_i,y_i), gives back the unique polynomial of degree (at most) n − 1 in one variable which describes a function passing through those points. The formula is a sum of products, like so: ∑ᵢⁿy_i∏_(j ne i)x-x_j/x_i-x_j. When x=x_i then all terms in the sum other than the iᵗʰ contain a factor x-x_i in the numerator, which becomes equal to zero, thus all terms in the sum other than the iᵗʰ vanish, and the iᵗʰ term has factors x_i-x_j both in the numerator and denominator, which simplify to yield 1, thus the polynomial should return y_i as the function of x_i for any i in the set 1,...,n.
The theorem in group theory that for any finite group, the size (order) of any subgroup must be a divisor of that of the group itself.
A function of the generalized coordinates and velocities of a dynamic system from which Lagrange's equations may be derived.
A formulation of classical mechanics in terms of energy and action rather than forces, mathematically expressed by a function termed the Lagrangian.
Any of a class of coefficients expressing rising factorials in terms of falling factorials.
a repetitive instrumental melody used to accompany a tabla or pakhawaj solo in Hindustani classical music of North India; it is also used to accompany kathak dance performances
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).
A group of northwestern Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter L contains 16,425 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 329 pages, and you are currently viewing page 22. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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