LENTICLE Definition & Meaning

lenticle

[ len-ti-kuhl ]

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noun

a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.

lenticle

/ ˈ��ɛ�Գ�ɪ��ə�� /

noun

geology a lens-shaped layer of mineral or rock embedded in a matrix of different constitution

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Origin of lenticle¹

< Latin lenticula lentil, equivalent to lenti- (stem of ��ŧ�Բ�; lens ) + -cula -cle ¹

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Each such complex of cells underlying the lenticle of a compound eye is called an “ommatidium”; the entire mass of cells underlying a monomeniscous eye is an “ommataeum.”

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Each ommatidium is an elongated cone with its broad extremity abutting against the corneal lenticle.

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C, Ocular unit or ommatidium of compound Eye of Scutigera. len, corneal lenticle; c.c, crystalline cone; 1, pigmented cells of outermost tier; 2, 3, retinular cells of middle and innermost tiers; rbd, rhabdomeres; n. opt, optic nerve; pg, pigment cells.

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