lenticular

[ len-tik-yuh-ler ]

/ lɛnˈtɪk yə lər /

adjective

of or relating to a lens.

biconvex; convexo-convex.

resembling the seed of a lentil in form; lentil-shaped.

Nearby words

lenten, lentic, lenticel, lenticle, lenticonus, lenticular, lenticular ansa, lenticular astigmatism, lenticular capsule, lenticular cataract, lenticular cloud

Origin of lenticular

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin lenticulāris lentillike, equivalent to lenticul(a) (see lenticle) + -āris -ar¹

Related formslen·tic·u·lar·ly, adverbpost·len·tic·u·lar, adjectivesub·len·tic·u·lar, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lenticular

Shell subcircular, lenticular, about as long as broad, strongly compressed.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
The crystalline lens is a small body of a crystalline appearance and lenticular shape, whence its name.
Popular Technology; Volume 2|Edward Hazen
The ore lies in lenticular and tabular masses, ranging in thickness from one to more than fifty feet.
The History of Cuba, vol. 5|Willis Fletcher Johnson
It is a lenticular plaque of rock crystal, 4½ inches in diameter, engraved in intaglio, with the history of Susanna.
Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,

Sometimes the inner medullary shell is spherical, the outer ellipsoidal or lenticular.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for lenticular

lenticular

lentiform (ˈlɛntɪˌfɔːm)

/ (lɛnˈtɪkjʊlə) /

adjective

Also: lentoid (ˈlɛntɔɪd) shaped like a biconvex lens

of or concerned with a lens or lenses

shaped like a lentil seed

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

Word Origin for lenticular

C17: from Latin lenticulāris like a lentil

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Word Origin and History for lenticular

lenticular

adj.

early 15c., from Late Latin lenticularis, from lenticula "a small lentil," diminutive of lens "lentil" (see lentil). Related: Lenticularity.

Medicine definitions for lenticular

lenticular

[ lĕn-tĭk′yə-lər ]

adj.

Of or relating to a lens.

Shaped like a biconvex lens.