Terp vs Lerp - What's the difference?
terp | lerp |
(military, or, Deaf, slang) An interpreter (translator).
* 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times :
(computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
* 2009 , "Dannii", IF System Idea'' (on newsgroup ''rec.arts.int-fiction )
Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
(uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves
* 2010 Wendy Zukerman, "
The lice whose larvae produce this secretion.
(mathematics, computing) linear interpolation
As nouns the difference between terp and lerp
is that terp is an interpreter (translator) while lerp is a sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.As a verb terp
is to add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).As an abbreviation lerp is
linear interpolation.terp
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of (interpreter).Noun
(en noun)- But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
- As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.
Etymology 2
Shortening of (terpene).Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English clippings ----lerp
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)Receding gums]", [[wikipedia:New Scientist, 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 .
