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Definition of: lenticular
(len·tik′yə·lər) adjective
1. Resembling a double–convex lens; lens–shaped.
2. Of or pertaining to a lens.
3. Meteorol. Designating an ovoid–shaped cloud with usually clean edges, found at all levels and characterized by a tendency to remain stationary for long intervals, despite constant evaporation. [<LL lenticularis <lenticula, dim. of L lens, lentis a lentil. See LENS.]
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