lenticular
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from lēns (“a lentil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)
- Of or pertaining to a lens.
- Shaped like a biconvex lens.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, 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 […]
- 2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 41:
- The [Royal Albert] bridge itself has approach viaducts on each side, before two 455ft lenticular trusses span the main part of the river, which is 80ft below.
- Relating to a lenticular image.
Synonyms[edit]
- (shaped like a biconvex lens): lentiform
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Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to a lens
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shaped like a biconvex lens
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relating to a lenticular image
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Noun[edit]
lenticular (plural lenticulars)
Translations[edit]
lenticular image — see lenticular image
lenticular galaxy — see lenticular galaxy
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lenticulāris.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: len‧ti‧cu‧lar
Adjective[edit]
lenticular m or f (plural lenticulares)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French lenticulaire, from Latin lenticularis.
Adjective[edit]
lenticular m or n (feminine singular lenticulară, masculine plural lenticulari, feminine and neuter plural lenticulare)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lenticular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lenticular | lenticulară | lenticulari | lenticulare | ||
definite | lenticularul | lenticulara | lenticularii | lenticularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lenticular | lenticulare | lenticulari | lenticulare | ||
definite | lenticularului | lenticularei | lenticularilor | lenticularelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lenticulāris.
Adjective[edit]
lenticular (plural lenticulares)
Further reading[edit]
- “lenticular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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