lerp
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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.
Noun
lerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)
- (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, 11 september 2010, pg 44:
- These insects sit on the veins of tree leaves, sucking their sap and excreting a sugary solution known as lerp.
- One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.
Etymology 2
Noun
lerp (plural lerps)
Verb
lerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)
- (mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.