English Explanatory Dictionary

lenticular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
  2. Shaped like a biconvex lens.
  3. Relating to a lenticular image.
  4. Covered in lenticels.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of lenticular image.
  2. Ellipsis of lenticular galaxy.

Pronunciation

/lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/ /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/ En-us-lenticular.ogg

Word forms

lenticular more lenticular most lenticular lenticulars

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lenticular, lenticuler, borrowed from Medieval Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from Latin lenticula, from lēns + -cula, ultimately from Latin lēns (“lentil”).

Synonyms

lentiform

Related words

lens lensoidal lenticel

Derived words

bilenticular capsulolenticular circumlenticular corneolenticular extralenticular hepatolenticular iridolenticular lenticular bracket lenticular cloud lenticular galaxy lenticular image lenticularly lenticular nucleus lenticular printing nonlenticular perilenticular retrolenticular semilenticular sublenticular thalamolenticular
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