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lamb′da par′ticle, [Physics.]
  1. Physicsany 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. Symbol: Λ
  • 1950–55

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