Definition of Lenticle

1. a double convex mass [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenticle

lent lily
lental
lentamente
lentando
lente insulin
lenten
lenten rose
lenti
lentic
lenticel
lenticellame
lenticellate
lenticelle
lenticelles
lenticels
lenticle (current term)
lenticles
lenticonus
lenticula
lenticular
lenticular ansa
lenticular apophysis
lenticular astigmatism
lenticular bone
lenticular capsule
lenticular cloud
lenticular clouds
lenticular colony
lenticular fasciculus
lenticular fossa

Literary usage of Lenticle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"1) ; it has a pair of hairs in the middle in front, outside each of which is a large lenticle ; in the middle another pair of hairs a little further apart ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1911)
"Quartz lenticle of vein exposed in railway cut, Virgilina district, showing concentric slate shells. The veins, like the gold veins of the Appalachian ..."

3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"This lenticle is on the 3rd subsegment, on the thoracic segment, ... Laterally, there is a large lenticle on all the abdominal segments, ..."

4. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"... lenticle, above a velvety black streak, and in the middle a black- rimmed, turquoise spot. In the final stage the caterpillar becomes pure green above, ..."

5. British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocksby Jethro Justinian Harms Teall by Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1888)
"Under the microscope the centre of a lenticle is seen, in most cases, to consist of a large irregular ... The marginal portions of a lenticle are formed ..."

6. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1907)
"To the west of the Western Cleddau they occur as a faulted lenticle on the ... Road bridge they again come to the surface as a lenticle lying between the ..."

7. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall by Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1905)
"It occurs here as a lenticle about 10 feet long and 5 or 6 feet wide. A little further south, between Nare Point and Nare Head, the quartzite seen a little ..."

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