meniscus

[Me*nisĀ·cus]

The next time you pour some fluid into a tube, look at it from the side. You will see the liquid has a slight curve, either up or down. This curved surface, created by air pressure, is called a meniscus.

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A crescent.

Noun
a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point


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.


Meniscus

Me*nis"cus , n.; pl. L. Menisci (-s'c6), E. Meniscuses . [NL., from Gr. , dim. of mh`nh the moon.] 1. A crescent. 2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. 3. (Anat.) 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.

A crescent.

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