Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A manna said to be a secretion from an insect, found on the leaves of Eucalyptus dumosa when very small.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidsea, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves
  • abbreviation mathematics, computing linear interpolation

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Examples

  • Moving from 0 to 1 in N discrete steps is called linear interpolation, or "lerp", for short:

    doggdot.us 2009

  • · Added new movement animations to complement lerp () and smooth_step (): Gloss. bounce_in (),

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  • Animal Behaviour that lerp is, in fact, as important to the fledglings 'growth as is the meatier arthropod prey supplied by their parents.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • The helpers provision the couple's fledglings with a steady supply of lerp, sugary casings secreted by plant-sucking insects.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • As we were setting up in the RAD Game Tools booth at Game Developers Conference one morning, I said to Mike: "Man, if only Intel had a lerp [linear interpolation] instruction!"

    Dr.Dobb's - All Articles 2009

  • And though some scientists had wondered whether lerp wasn't basically a junk food, offered up to the young bell miners as much for show as for substance, researchers report in the March issue of

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Animal Behaviour that lerp is, in fact, as important to the fledglings 'growth as is the meatier arthropod prey supplied by their parents.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • And though some scientists had wondered whether lerp wasn't basically a junk food, offered up to the young bell miners as much for show as for substance, researchers report in the March issue of

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • As we were setting up in the RAD Game Tools booth at Game Developers Conference one morning, I said to Mike: "Man, if only Intel had a lerp [linear interpolation] instruction!"

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  • The helpers provision the couple's fledglings with a steady supply of lerp, sugary casings secreted by plant-sucking insects.

    Signs of the Times 2009

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  • Encountering this word was like finding manna from heaven, for a second or two.

    July 29, 2010

  • Rhymes with Derp.

    January 31, 2013