lerp

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.

Noun

lerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)

1. (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.

2. One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.

Etymology 2

Noun

lerp (plural lerps)

1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of linear interpolation.

Verb

lerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)

1. (mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.

Derived terms

• bilerp
• trilerp

Anagrams

• LPer, Perl, RELP, REPL, repl.