lerp
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.
Noun
editlerp (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
editNoun
editlerp (plural lerps)
Verb
editlerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)
- (mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.