meniscus
(noun) (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
meniscus
(noun) (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
meniscus, semilunar cartilage
(noun) (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
menisci
plural of meniscus
Source: Wiktionary
Me*nis"cus, n.; pl. L. Menisci (-si), E. Meniscuses. Etym: [NL., from Gr. mh`nh the moon.]
1. A crescent.
2. (Opt.)
Definition: A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
