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单词 lenticular
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Definition of lenticular in English:

lenticular

adjective lɛnˈtɪkjʊləlɛnˈtɪkjələr
  • 1Shaped like a lentil, especially by being biconvex.

    (尤指因双面凸出而)呈扁豆状的

    lenticular lenses

    双面凸透镜片。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This lenticular shape is less able to resist torsion but does resist bending quite well, as long as the force hits it on the narrow edge.
    • The berries in the most derived clade are all morphologically similar, with two carpels, axile placentation and mostly lenticular seeds.
    • Thanks to lenticular lenses, the figures disappeared like ghosts when the photographs were viewed from certain angles, suggesting the mutability of memory.
    • The origin of the lenticular sandstone dykelets is more problematic.
    • In the sky some lenticular high-level clouds were suspended over the dark brooding Warren Range, about 60 kilometers away from our camp on the other side of the Mulock Glacier.
  • 2Relating to the lens of the eye.

    (与)眼球晶状体(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the patient's return from the war, an optician had confirmed the lenticular foreign body.
    • When the lens is distorted, you have lenticular astigmatism.
    • In 1912, a WD was described as a familial syndrome of progressive lenticular degeneration associated with cirrhosis of the liver.
    • Case sheet folios 16 and 40 make it amply clear that at least two cases of lenticular cataract were operated on September 7 and September 18, in the ‘presence of His Highness’.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin lenticularis, from lenticula, diminutive of lens, lent- 'lentil'.

Rhymes

auricular, curricula, curricular, diverticula, funicular, navicular, particular, perpendicular, vehicular, vermicular

Definition of lenticular in US English:

lenticular

adjectivelenˈtikyələrlɛnˈtɪkjələr
  • 1Shaped like a lentil, especially by being biconvex.

    (尤指因双面凸出而)呈扁豆状的

    lenticular lenses

    双面凸透镜片。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thanks to lenticular lenses, the figures disappeared like ghosts when the photographs were viewed from certain angles, suggesting the mutability of memory.
    • The berries in the most derived clade are all morphologically similar, with two carpels, axile placentation and mostly lenticular seeds.
    • In the sky some lenticular high-level clouds were suspended over the dark brooding Warren Range, about 60 kilometers away from our camp on the other side of the Mulock Glacier.
    • This lenticular shape is less able to resist torsion but does resist bending quite well, as long as the force hits it on the narrow edge.
    • The origin of the lenticular sandstone dykelets is more problematic.
  • 2Relating to the lens of the eye.

    (与)眼球晶状体(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the patient's return from the war, an optician had confirmed the lenticular foreign body.
    • In 1912, a WD was described as a familial syndrome of progressive lenticular degeneration associated with cirrhosis of the liver.
    • Case sheet folios 16 and 40 make it amply clear that at least two cases of lenticular cataract were operated on September 7 and September 18, in the ‘presence of His Highness’.
    • When the lens is distorted, you have lenticular astigmatism.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin lenticularis, from lenticula, diminutive of lens, lent- ‘lentil’.

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