lenticular
Curved like lentils
Lenticular describes things shaped like a lentil or lens—curved on both sides, thickest in the middle.
Lenticular clouds are UFO-shaped formations that hover near mountains.
Lenticular printing creates images that shift as you tilt them, using a surface of tiny parallel lenses: The postcard had a lenticular image that winked when you moved it.
Mid-altitude puffy formations
- standing waveOscillation with fixed nodes
- stratiformForming horizontal sheets
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
saucer · hovering · atmospheric · aviation · turbulence · Alps · Cascades · photography
Wave bending between media
- focusConcentrated attention point
- convexCurved outward externally
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
- diopterUnit of focal power
curvature · biconvex · magnification · aberration · focal length · converging · diverging · spherical
Three-axis spatial representation
- parallaxPosition change from different vantages
- interlacingCrossing and recrossing alternately
- flipQuick turning motion
- morphChange form gradually
animation · depth · pitch · registration · layered · postcards · packaging · advertising
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
- spiralCurve winding around center
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- Milky WayGalaxy containing Earth
- AndromedaNearest spiral galaxy
disk · bulge · halo · interstellar · Messier · barred · dwarf · merger
Parallel geological layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- concretionsCompact masses formed by accumulation
- nodulesSmall rounded protuberances
- outcropSurfacing native stone
sandstone · shale · formation · deposition · aquifer · cross-section · discontinuous · wedge
altocumulus
Mid-altitude puffy formations
- standing waveOscillation with fixed nodes
- stratiformForming horizontal sheets
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
smooth · saucer · hovering · atmospheric · aviation · turbulence · Alps · Cascades · photography · meteorology
refraction
Wave bending between media
diopter · curvature · biconvex · magnification · aberration · focal length · converging · diverging · spherical · aspheric
3D
Three-axis spatial representation
- parallaxPosition change from different vantages
- interlacingCrossing and recrossing alternately
- flipQuick turning motion
morph · animation · depth · pitch · registration · layered · postcards · packaging · advertising
galaxy
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
- spiralCurve winding around center
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- Milky WayGalaxy containing Earth
Andromeda · disk · bulge · halo · interstellar · Messier · barred · dwarf · merger · redshift
strata
Parallel geological layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- concretionsCompact masses formed by accumulation
- nodulesSmall rounded protuberances
outcrop · sandstone · shale · formation · deposition · aquifer · cross-section · discontinuous · wedge · facies
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus
- Galaxiesgalaxy, galaxies, Milky Way, spiral galaxy, Andromeda
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- discsdisc, CD, disk, DVD, record
- foraminiferatest, chamber, foramen, aperture, septa
- cephalopod shellsammonite, nautilus, coiled shell, septum, septa