lerp
verb1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To interpolate linearly.
lerp
nounEtymology Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba lerep.
1
A 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
One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.