Associations to the word «Lenticular»

Wiktionary

LENTICULAR, adjective. Of or pertaining to a lens.
LENTICULAR, adjective. Shaped like a biconvex lens.
LENTICULAR, adjective. Relating to a lenticular image.
LENTICULAR, noun. A lenticular image.
LENTICULAR, noun. A lenticular galaxy.
LENTICULAR CLOUD, noun. (meteorology) A high-altitude cloud that is shaped like a lens.
LENTICULAR CLOUDS, noun. Plural of lenticular cloud
LENTICULAR GALAXIES, noun. Plural of lenticular galaxy
LENTICULAR GALAXY, noun. (galaxy) A galaxy that like spiral galaxies has a flat disk but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.
LENTICULAR IMAGE, noun. A picture made using lenticular printing where different images appear from different viewing angles.

Dictionary definition

LENTICULAR, adjective. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.

Wise words

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