The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lenticular \Len*tic"u*lar\ (-l[~e]r), a. [L. lenticularis: cf. F. lenticulaire. See Lenticel.] Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Late Latin lenticularis, from lenticula "a small lentil," diminutive of lens "lentil" (see lentil). Related: Lenticularity.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a lens. 2 Shaped like a biconvex lens. 3 Relating to a lenticular image. n. 1 A lenticular image. 2 A lenticular galaxy.
WordNet
adj. convex on both sides; lentil-shaped [syn: biconvex, convexo-convex, lentiform]
Wikipedia
Lenticular is an adjective often relating to lenses. It may refer to:
- Lenticular cloud, a lens-shaped cloud
- Lenticular galaxy, a lens-shaped galaxy
- Lenticular (geology), adjective describing a formation with a lens-shaped cross-section
- Lenticular nucleus, a lens-shaped nucleus in the brain
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Lenticular lens, a technology for making moving or 3D images
- Lenticular printing, a technology in which a lenticular lenses are used in printing specifically
- Lenticular truss bridges, a bridge with a lens-shape truss
Usage examples of "lenticular".
The parked skiffs glowed orange in the early light, their spindly legs and lenticular bodies casting long shadows out over the water like tall, striding tripedal machines.
A few miles behind us was one of the great lenticular dreadnoughts of the type which first brought me into Bromfkidor.
The parked skiffs glowed orange in the early light, their spindly legs and lenticular bodies casting long shadows out over the water like tall, striding tripedal machines.
Eight hundred stars orchestrated into a classic lenticular formation with Sol at the centre, and the rest never more than half a light-year from each other.