Lenticular
[len'tikjulә]
Definition
(a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lens-shaped.
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Definition
adj. resembling a lens or lentil seed: double-convex—also Len′tiform.—n. Len′ticel (bot.) a loose lens-shaped mass of cells belonging to the corky layer or periderm of plants.—adj. Lenticel′late.—n. Lentic′ula a small lens: a lenticel: a freckle—also Len′ticule.—adv. Lentic′ularly.—adjs. Lentig′erous having a crystalline lens; Len′toid lens-shaped.
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Examples
- It is almost unnecessary to describe the external appearance of the lenticular instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, and explained by him at the meeting of the British Association in 1849. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The reflecting stereoscope was invented by Wheatstone in 1838, and the lenticular form, as now generally used, was invented by Sir David Brewster in the year 1849. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But Sir Charles Wheaton in 1838 constructed the first instrument, and in 1849 Brewster introduced the present form of lenticular lenses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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