Look up: meniscus

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   Meniscus
   The shape assumed by the surface of a liquid in a cylindrical container.
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   Meniscus
   The curved top of a column of liquid in a small tube.
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   meniscus
   [n] - a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point
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   Meniscus
   Either of two crescent-shaped lamellae of fibrocartilage that border and partly cover the articulating surfaces of the tibia and femur at the knee
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   meniscus
   the curved upper surface of a liquid column, concave when the containing walls are wet by the liquid (negative meniscus) and convex when not (positive meniscus).
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   Meniscus
   The curved surface of a liquid in a container produced by the cohesive forces between the liquid molecules and the adhesive forces between the liquid and the container. See also: Capillary Action, Surface Tension.
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   meniscus
   meniscuses; menisci. A phase boundary that is curved because of surface tension.
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   meniscus
   Meniscus is the concave curve of a liquid surface in a graduate or narrow tube. Caused by surface tension.
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   Meniscus
   the curved upper surface of a non-turbulent liquid in a container; it is concave (curves upward) if it wets the container walls, and convex (curves downward) if it does not. For accurate measurements, readings should be taken at the flat center of the men
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    Meniscus
    Curved surface of a liquid in a container.
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    meniscus
    That part of the insulation coating on a dipped component which has flowed up onto the lead, such as on a dipped capacitor.
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    Meniscus
    a crescent-shaped pad of cartilage in joints that helps to reduce friction
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    Meniscus
    A crescent shaped cartilage in the wrist and knee joints.
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    Meniscus
    Meniscus: The word 'meniscus' comes from the Greek and refers to a crescent-shaped structure. Today a meniscus is something that is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant pastry. A meniscus can be an anatomic feature. For example, the medial meniscus of the knee is a crescent-shaped cartilage pad between the two joints formed by the femur (the ...
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    meniscus
    a dome formed by liquid metal which rises at the central axis of a coreless induction furnace as result of the electromagnetic forces induced into the bath Category: Iron and steel industries • pl menisci, also meniscuses: a fibro-cartilage within a joint esp. of the knee. Category: Medicine • pl menisci, also meniscuses: the curved upper surface of a liquid column that is ...
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    meniscus
    me·nis'cus noun ; plural Latin menisci (-sī), English Meniscuses . [ New Latin , from Greek mhni`skos , 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 di ...
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    meniscus
    Origin: NL, from Gr, dim. Of mhnh the moon. ... 1. A crescent. ... 2. <optics> A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. ... 3. <anatomy, ornithology> An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; especially, one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. Converging meniscus, Divergin ...
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    meniscus
    semilunar cartilage noun (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
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    meniscus
    noun (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
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    Meniscus
    [[Image:Reading the meniscus.png|thumb|300px|`A`Meniscus`, plural: `menisci`, from the Greek for `crescent`, is a curve in the surface of a liquid and is produced in response to the surface of the container or another object. It can be either concave or convex. A convex meniscus occurs when the molecules of the liquid repel the molecules of the container or object. This may be seen between mercury and glass in barometers. Conversely, a concave me...
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    meniscus
    (mә-nis´kәs) the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid, as in a medication cup in anatomy, a crescent-shaped structure. It is often used alone to designate one of the crescent-shaped disks of fibrocartilage in the knee joint. adj., menis´cal., adj.
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    Meniscus
    • (n.) A crescent. • (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. • (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
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    meniscus
    (from the article `joint`) ...to the joint capsule (the investing ligament) and that stretch across the joint cavity between a pair of conarticular surfaces. When complete they ... ...provided that the edges are not totally separated from each other. Internal derangements of the knee most often arise from tears in the semilunar ... [...
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    meniscus
    (from the article `fluid mechanics`) ...a tube of narrow bore, often called a capillary tube, is dipped into a liquid. If the liquid `wets` the tube (with zero contact angle), the liquid ...
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    meniscus
    meniscus (s), menisci (pl) 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. The free surface of a liquid that is near the walls of a vessel and which is curved because of surface tensio...
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