lenticular

English

WOTD – 18 June 2010

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticulāris (lentil-shaped), from lēns (a lentil).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)

  1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
  2. 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 []
  3. Relating to a lenticular image.

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Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

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

Translations


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticulāris.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaʁ/ [lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaʁ/ [lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaɻ/

  • Hyphenation: len‧ti‧cu‧lar

Adjective

lenticular m or f (plural lenticulares)

  1. lenticular

Romanian

Etymology

From French lenticulaire, from Latin lenticularis.

Adjective

lenticular m or n (feminine singular lenticulară, masculine plural lenticulari, feminine and neuter plural lenticulare)

  1. lenticular

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticularis.

Adjective

lenticular (plural lenticulares)

  1. lenticular

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