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lentoid

lentoid adjective: having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.

lentoid: having the form of a lens; lens-shaped
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Adjective

lentoid (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.
    • a lentoid body
    • a lentoid gem

Noun

lentoid (plural lentoids)

  1. A three-dimensional geometric shape that appears as a circle viewed from one direction and a convex lens viewed from every other orthogonal direction.

Forms of lentoid

plurallentoids

Origin of lentoid

From lens + -oid.

Questions about lentoid

What does lentoid mean?
Lentoid means having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.
What part of speech is lentoid?
Lentoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lentoid in the dictionary

  1. lento
  2. lentogen
  3. lentogenic
  4. lentogenicity
  5. lentogens
  6. lentoid
  7. lentoids
  8. Lenton
  9. Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby
  10. Lentons
  11. lentor

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