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