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MENISCUS
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Irregular inflected form: menisci
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("meniscus" is a kind of...):
surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("meniscus" is a kind of...):
lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)
Domain category:
optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("meniscus" is a kind of...):
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
