lenticular

[ len-tik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a lens.
2. biconvex; convexo-convex.
3. resembling the seed of a lentil in form; lentil-shaped.

lenticular

/ lɛnˈtɪkjʊlə; ˈlɛntɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. Alsolentoidˈlɛntɔɪd shaped like a biconvex lens
2. of or concerned with a lens or lenses
3. shaped like a lentil seed
4. of or relating to a galaxy with a large central bulge, small disc, but no spiral arms, intermediate in shape between spiral and elliptical galaxies

Other Words From

• len·ticu·lar·ly adverb
• postlen·ticu·lar adjective
• sublen·ticu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lenticular¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin lenticulāris lentillike, equivalent to lenticul ( a ) ( lenticle ) + -āris -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of lenticular¹

C17: from Latin lenticulāris like a lentil

Example Sentences

There they beheld a thick glass lenticular covering, which protected a kind of large eye, from which flashed forth light.

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The lenticular masses through almost the whole mound showed that the earth had been carried in skins or small baskets.

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For deep streams the meter A is suspended by a wire with a heavy lenticular weight below (fig. 144).

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It is a reniform limestone, which occurs distributed in single nodules or rather lenticular cakes, in beds of clay.

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Instead of rudely breaking, the ice would be compelled to change by insensible degrees from the spherical to the lenticular form.

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