lenticular
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
  • (America) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
Adjective

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.
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • French: lenticulaire
  • German: Linse
  • Russian: линзообразный
  • Spanish: lenticular
Translations Translations
  • German: Linsenraster
  • Spanish: lenticular
Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

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



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