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{{trans-top|the curved surface of liquids}} |
{{trans-top|the curved surface of liquids}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|menisc|m}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|menisc|m}} |
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* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|弯月面|tr=hans|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|彎月面|tr=hant|sc=Hani}} |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|弯月面|tr=hans|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|彎月面|tr=hant|sc=Hani}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|ménisque|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|ménisque|m}} |
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* German: {{t|de|Meniskus|m}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Meniskus|m}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|mata kōpapa |
* Maori: {{t|mi|mata kōpapa}} |
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* Polish: {{t|pl|menisk|m}} |
* Polish: {{t|pl|menisk|m}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|мени́ск|m}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|мени́ск|m}} |
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{{trans-top|either of two parts of the human knee}} |
{{trans-top|either of two parts of the human knee}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|menisc|m}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|menisc|m}} |
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* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|半月板|sc=Hani}} |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|半月板|sc=Hani}} |
Revision as of 17:29, 7 December 2015
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μηνίσκος (mēnískos), from (deprecated template usage) μήνη (mḗnē)
Pronunciation
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parameter) IPA(key): /mɛˈnɪs.kəs/, /məˈnɪs.kəs/ - (deprecated use of
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parameter)Audio (US): (file)
Noun
meniscus (plural meniscuses or menisci)
- A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it. [from 17th c.]
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 19:
- He opened wide both casements; they gave on a parking place four floors below; the thin meniscus overhead was too wan to illumine the roofs of the houses descending toward the invisible lake [...].
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 19:
- (deprecated template usage) (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section. [from 17th c.]
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.]
- (deprecated template usage) (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]
Translations
the curved surface of liquids
a crescent
either of two parts of the human knee