lerp

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noun

A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.

OriginWemba-Wemba lerep →
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Meanings

lerp1

nounlerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)

plural lerps

  1. uncountableA sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.

    These insects sit on the veins of tree leaves, sucking their sap and excreting a sugary solution known as lerp.

    2010, Wendy Zukerman, “Receding gums”, in New Scientist, page 44
  2. countableuncountableOne of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.

lerp2

nounlerp (plural lerps)

plural lerps

  1. abbreviationcomputingAbbreviation of linear interpolation.
verblerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)

present singular third person lerps · participle present lerping · participle past lerped · past lerped

  1. computingTo interpolate linearly.

Origin

  1. Wemba-Wembalerep
  2. Wemba-Wembalerep
  3. Englishlerp

Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.

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APA

lerp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lerp

MLA

“lerp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lerp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lerp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lerp.

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