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 […]
- Relating to a lenticular image.
Synonyms[edit]
- (shaped like a biconvex lens): lentiform
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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
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lenticularis.
Adjective[edit]
lenticular (plural lenticulares)
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