lentoid

[ len-toid ]

adjective

1. having the shape of a biconvex lens.

noun

1. a lentoid body.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lentoid¹

1875–80; < Latin lent- (stem of lēns ) lentil ( lens ) + -oid

Example Sentences

The lentoid gems with their rude intaglios, found in the islands, on the site of Heræum, in the tombs of Mykenæ and elsewhere, belong to the same age, and point back to the loamy plain of Babylonia where stone was rare and precious, and whence, consequently, the art of gem-cutting was spread through the ancient world.

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