lenticular

[ len-tik-yuh-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

lenticular

/ ˈlɛntɪˌfɔːm; lɛnˈtɪkjʊlə /

Alsolentoidˈlɛntɔɪd 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

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

C17: from Latin lenticulāris like a lentil

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

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

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

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

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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