Meniscus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A crescent-shaped body.
  • n. A concavo-convex lens.
  • n. The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a container that is concave if the liquid wets the container walls and convex if it does not.
  • n. A cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet in a joint.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A crescent.
  • n. A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
  • n. An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A crescent or crescentshaped body. Specifically
  • n. A lens, convex on one side and concave on the other, and thicker in the center, so that its section presents the appearance of the moon in its first quarter.
  • n. The convex or concave surface of a liquid, caused by capillarity: thus, the mercury in a barometer has a convex meniscus, but spirit or water a concave meniscus.
  • n. In anatomy, an interarticular fibrocartilage, of a rounded, oval, disklike, or falcate shape, situated between the ends of bones, in the interior of joints, attached by the margins.
  • n. In zoology, a peculiar organ, of doubtful function, found in Echinorhynchus, a genus of acanthocephalous parasitic worms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
  • n. (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
  • n. (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
    • Equivalent
    diverging meniscus   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gristle    cartilage    lense    lens    lens system   
    Cross Reference
    lunette   
    Variant
    menisci   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crescent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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