adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a lens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
lenticular
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
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US: /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
adj
Meaning 2
Shaped like a biconvex lens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lentiform
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to a lenticular image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- lenticular photography
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adj
Meaning 4
Covered in lenticels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of lenticular image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of lenticular galaxy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biconvex, convexo-convex, lentiform
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lenticular, lenticuler, borrowed from Medieval Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from Latin lenticula, from lēns + -cula, ultimately from Latin lēns (“lentil”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: linssi- — of or pertaining to a lens
- French: lenticulaire — of or pertaining to a lens
- German: Linsen- — of or pertaining to a lens
- Irish: lionsach — of or pertaining to a lens
- Polish: soczewkowy — of or pertaining to a lens
- Russian: линзообразный (linzoobraznyj) — of or pertaining to a lens
- Spanish: lenticular — of or pertaining to a lens
- Bulgarian: лещообразен (leštoobrazen) — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Catalan: lenticular — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Finnish: linssimäinen — shaped like a biconvex lens
- French: lenticulaire — shaped like a biconvex lens
- German: linsenförmig — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Irish: dédhronnach — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Latin: lenticulāris — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Polish: soczewkowaty — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Russian: двояковыпуклый (dvojakovypuklyj) — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Russian: чечевицеобразный (čečeviceobraznyj) — shaped like a biconvex lens
- Spanish: lenticular — shaped like a biconvex lens
- German: Linsenraster- — relating to a lenticular image
- Spanish: lenticular — relating to a lenticular image