Definitions for meniscus

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meniscus me·nis·cus

Spelling: [mi-nis-kuh s]

IPA: /mɪˈnɪs kəs/

Meniscus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in meniscus (ceimnssu).

Definitions for meniscus

noun

1. a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
2. the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension.
3. Optics. a lens with a crescent-shaped section; a concavo-convex or convexo-concave lens.
4. Anatomy. a disk of cartilage between the articulating ends of the bones in a joint.

Origin of meniscus

1685-95; New Latin Greek mēnískos crescent, diminutive of mḗnē moon

Examples for meniscus

A correction must be introduced for the error caused by the meniscus of the mercury.

The addition of a few drops of potash solution destroys the meniscus, and allows of a close reading of the volume.

The temperature of the thermostat is then raised degree by degree, and the height of the meniscus at each point ascertained.

In order to obtain an accurate result, the meniscus should be removed.

In the later stages, the condyle, together with the meniscus, may be worn away and completely disappear.

In one case we found the meniscus separated at both ends and lying between the bones and the capsule.

A meniscus, so called from its resembling the crescent moon.

With most instruments the reading is taken from the bottom of the meniscus.

The height of the meniscus is then read on a millimetre scale attached to the capillary.

Sometimes, as in the Ornithorhynchus, the meniscus is absent.