"LEM" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LEMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LEM (plural LEMs)
  1. (US, space science) Originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module. Tags: US Synonyms: LM Derived forms (Lunar Module): LEM lifeboat Coordinate_terms: SM, CM, OM
    Sense id: en-LEM-en-noun-3gRfkE73 Categories (other): American English, Space, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science Disambiguation of 'Lunar Module': 100 0
  2. (logic) Law of excluded middle.
    Sense id: en-LEM-en-noun-dClYEzST Categories (other): Logic Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Spacecraft Disambiguation of Spacecraft: 0 0

Inflected forms

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