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Meniscus

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Noun

1. meniscus, semilunar cartilage

(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint

2. meniscus

(optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other

3. meniscus

(physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meniscus

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noun plural -nisci (-ˈnɪsaɪ) or -niscuses
1. 
the curved upper surface of a liquid standing in a tube, produced by the surface tension
2. 
a crescent or half-moon-shaped body or design
3. 
a crescent-shaped fibrous cartilage between the bones at certain joints, esp at the knee
4. 
a crescent-shaped lens; a concavo-convex or convexo-concave lens

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Meniscus

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nounWord forms: plural meˈniscuses or meˈnisˌci (mɪˈnɪsˌaɪ ; minisˈīˌ)
1. 
a crescent or crescent-shaped thing
2. 
a lens convex on one side and concave on the other
3. 
fibrous cartilage within a joint, esp. of the knee
4.  Physics
the curved upper surface of a column of liquid: as a result of capillarity it is concave when the walls of the container strongly attract the liquid, as is the case with water, and it is convex when the liquid is more strongly attracted to itself, as is the case with mercury

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Meniscus

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n.pl. me·nis·ci(-nisi, -ki, -ke) or me·nis·cus·es
1. A crescent-shaped body.
2. A concavo-convex lens.
3. 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.
4. A cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet in a joint.

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