different between eruption vs lenticula

English

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

eruption (countable and uncountable, plural eruptions)

1. A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
2. A sudden release of pressure or tension.

   There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.

4. An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

Derived terms

Translations

Interlingua

Noun

eruption (plural eruptiones)

1. eruption, outbreak

English

Etymology

From Latin. See lenticel. Doublet of lentil.

Noun

lenticula (plural lenticulas or lenticulae)

1. (medicine) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
2. A small lens.
3. (botany) A lenticel.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of l?ns.

Noun

lenticula f (genitive lenticulae); first declension

1. lentil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• lenticula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lenticula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lenticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette