lenticular

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)

1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
3. Shaped like a biconvex lens.

   Synonym: lentiform

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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.

4. Relating to a lenticular image.

   lenticular photography

   • 2015, Kim Timby, 3D and Animated Lenticular Photography: Between Utopia and Entertainment, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 248:

     But establishment on the fringes of everyday practice doesn't mean lenticular photography is a failure. On the contrary, the process manifests resounding cultural success through its longevity.

5. (botany) Covered in lenticels.

• lens
• lensoidal
• lenticel

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

1. Ellipsis of lenticular image.
2. Ellipsis of lenticular galaxy.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

• Hyphenation: len‧ti‧cu‧lar

lenticular m or f (plural lenticulares)

1. lenticular

Borrowed from French lenticulaire, from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

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

1. lenticular

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

• IPA^(key): /lentikuˈlaɾ/ [lẽn̪.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: len‧ti‧cu‧lar

lenticular m or f (masculine and feminine plural lenticulares)

1. lenticular

• “lenticular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024