lerp

lerp

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Etymology 1

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Wemba-Wemba lerepbor.
English lerp

    Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.

    Noun

    lerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)

    1. (uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
      • 2010, Wendy Zukerman, “Receding gums”, in New Scientist, page 44:
        These insects sit on the veins of tree leaves, sucking their sap and excreting a sugary solution known as lerp.
    2. One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    lerp (plural lerps)

    1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of linear interpolation.

    Verb

    lerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)

    1. (mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.

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