How to Use lenticular in a Sentence
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But first, this is what's known as a lee-wave lenticular cloud.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2013 -
On the left, the disc-like lenticular galaxy UGC 8603 is more defined.
— Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023 -
To the southwest, a huge spaceship-like lenticular cloud loomed over the Trinity Divide.
— Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018 -
The Getty Center hovers at a hilltop over the 405 Freeway like a lenticular cloud.
— Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 -
Compared to their lenticular prints, the brothers’ works in glass are mere afterthoughts.
— Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, 8 Aug. 2017 -
One of the least common cloud types, lenticular clouds form when mountains force air currents to travel in wave-like patterns.
— Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010 -
The photograph, taken around 7 a.m., features a smooth, round lenticular cloud that swoops into a curled Kelvin-Helmholtz wave.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2020 -
The Cheech’s showpiece is the 26-foot-tall lenticular installation in the lobby, which was commissioned from the de la Torre brothers.
— New York Times, 14 June 2022 -
If the air temperature cools enough to condense the water vapor in it, a lenticular cloud may appear.
— Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017 -
The vinyl editions of the album did not include randomized items, but were packaged with a lenticular postcard, poster and slipmat.
— Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: False The cloud in the image is a lenticular cloud, which is formed when air flows over mountains, experts said.
— Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023 -
To learn more about altocumulus standing lenticular clouds, visit the NWS page here.
— Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2021 -
Her lenticular prints and outerwear speak to her heritage in an expressive way.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023 -
Spaceship clouds: Large, oval lenticular clouds that look like spaceships form over mountain peaks, indicating high wind on ridges in the moment, and often snow in two days.
— Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 2018 -
The lenticular lens works with a pair of eye-tracking cameras to render real-time images for each eye that adjust with your physical movements.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023 -
On top of the lenticular lens is a 2D/3D liquid-crystal switching layer, which is topped with a glass front panel with an anti-reflective coating.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023 -
This works because the plastic coating consists of a series of stripes, creating what are called lenticular lenses.
— Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2019 -
Your Instagram photo of the day Like pancakes: Patagonia is known for its strong winds and beautiful lenticular clouds.
— National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2020 -
Several of the macroscopic pictures use lenticular printing to achieve a 3-D effect.
— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2019 -
This lenticular cloud hovers above the sea ice near Antarctica's Mt. Discovery.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2013 -
As Cappucci explains, lenticular clouds are common around mountains that force incoming air to rise.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2020 -
In the years since Edward Kienholz’s death in 1994, Nancy Kienholz has created her own assemblages and lenticular art, in which one subject morphs into another in three stages.
— Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 -
The 11-track set, released amidst back-and-forth swiping between Frehley and his former bandmates, is available in at least 11 vinyl variants, as well as a standard CD digipack and jewel case, and a Walmart exclusive with a lenticular cover.
— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Rather, those were altocumulus standing lenticular clouds that caught the attention of people from the North Bay to the Central Valley, who shared their observations and photos on social media.
— Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2021 -
Typically, pieces of wood that have been cut to resemble ax blades now serve as flat supports for everything from actual antique watches and keys to lenticular images of planets and stars.
— Mike Guiliano, Columbia Flier, 8 Sep. 2017 -
Like those products, Asus' laptops achieve their 3D effect by layering a lenticular lens on top of the display panel and using eye-tracking cameras to help the lens render images for each eye and adjust with user movement.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023 -
Ten rubbings on synthetic paper, made on striated surfaces using graphite and Renaissance wax, suggest lenticular postcards of the Shroud of Turin: in each one, a black oval peers through the middle like an adamant apparition.
— The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017 -
Otherworldly looking lenticular clouds resemble stacks of giant disks rising in the sky.
— Catherine Zuckerman, National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019 -
Jannard told me that there is a special layer underneath the LCD display which, when enabled, is able to direct light in multiple directions instead of the standard two that happen with lenticular displays.
— Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 20 May 2018 -
Visitors to the art exhibit will experience a mix of holograms, 3D prints, lenticular characters and an illusion made by colored lights.
— Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 21 July 2021
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