lenticular

WOTD – 18 June 2010    

English

Etymology

From Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from lēns (“a lentil”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
• (US) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/

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Adjective

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)

1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
2. Shaped like a biconvex lens.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5

     The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk […]

3. Relating to a lenticular image.

Synonyms

• (shaped like a biconvex lens): lentiform

Related terms

• lens
• lenticel

Translations

of or pertaining to a lens

• Finnish: linssi- (fi)
• German: Linsen- (de)

• Russian: линзообразный (ru) (linzoobraznyj)
• Spanish: lenticular (es)

shaped like a biconvex lens

• Finnish: linssimäinen (fi)
• German: linsenförmig (de)
• Latin: lenticulāris (la)

• Russian: двояковыпуклый (ru) (dvojakovypuklyj), чечевицеобразный (ru) (čečeviceobraznyj)
• Spanish: lenticular (es)

relating to a lenticular image

• German: Linsenraster- (de)

• Spanish: lenticular (es)

Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

1. A lenticular image.
2. A lenticular galaxy.

Translations

lenticular image — see lenticular image

lenticular galaxy — see lenticular galaxy