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Old 2010-05-12, 8:45pm
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Why is it called lenticular? What is lentil shaped about it?
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lenticular is an adjective often relating to lenses. It may refer to:

* Lenticular cloud, a lens-shaped cloud
* Lenticular galaxy, a lens-shaped galaxy
* Lenticular (geology), adjective describing a formation with a lens-shaped cross-section
* Lenticular lens, which magnifies different images when viewed from different angles
* Lenticular nucleus, a lens-shaped nucleus in the brain
* Lenticular printing, a technology for making moving or 3D images
* Lenticular truss bridges
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