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)

shaped like a biconvex lens

Finnish: linssimäinen (fi) German: linsenförmig (de)

Latin: lenticulāris (la) Russian: двояковыпуклый (ru), чечевицеобразный (ru)

relating to a lenticular image

German: Linsenraster- (de)

Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

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

Translations

lenticular image — see lenticular image

lenticular galaxy — see lenticular galaxy