lenti

Lenti is a term with multiple meanings across geography, language, and science. As a toponym, Lenti denotes a town in Vas County in western Hungary. The town lies along the Rába River and serves as a local administrative center within the region.

In Italian, lenti is a word form with two distinct uses. It can be the plural of lente, meaning lenses, as in le lenti dell'obiettivo. It can also be the masculine plural form of lento, the adjective meaning slow, depending on context.

In biology and virology, lenti- or lent- appears in the name of lentiviruses, a group of retroviruses including HIV. The term also appears in the phrase lentiviral vectors, which are used as tools to deliver genetic material in research and therapy. The root originates from Latin lentus, meaning slow, reflecting the relatively slow replication characteristics of these viruses.

Lenti may thus refer to a place, a linguistic form in Italian, or a biomedical term. Context determines which meaning is intended.