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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 lenticular, lenticuler, borrowed from Medieval Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from Latin lenticula, from lēns +‎ -cula, ultimately from Latin lēns (“lentil”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
• 韻: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

形容詞

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)

1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
2. Shaped like a biconvex lens.

   Synonym: lentiform

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

     The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk […]

   • 2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 41:

     The [Royal Albert] bridge itself has approach viaducts on each side, before two 455ft lenticular trusses span the main part of the river, which is 80ft below.

3. Relating to a lenticular image.

   lenticular photography

   • 2015, Kim Timby, 3D and Animated Lenticular Photography: Between Utopia and Entertainment, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 248:

     But establishment on the fringes of everyday practice doesn't mean lenticular photography is a failure. On the contrary, the process manifests resounding cultural success through its longevity.

4. (botany) Covered in lenticels.

派生語

関連する語

• lens
• lensoidal
• lenticel

名詞

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

1. Ellipsis of lenticular image.
2. Ellipsis of lenticular galaxy.