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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

meniscus
    n 1: (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion
         between the ends of bones that meet at a joint [syn:
         meniscus, semilunar cartilage]
    2: (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the
       other
    3: (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid
       in a vertical tube

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Meniscus \Me*nis"cus\, n.; pl. L. Menisci (-s[imac]), E.
   Meniscuses. [NL., from Gr. mhni`skos, dim. of mh`nh the
   moon.]
   1. A crescent.
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   2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
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   3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane;
      esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some
      parts of the vertebral column of birds.
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   Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.
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Thesaurus Results for Meniscus:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera, coated lens, concave lens, concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens, crescent, crescent moon, eyeglass, eyepiece, glass, half-moon, hand lens, horseshoe, lens, lunula, lunule, magnifier, magnifying glass, object glass, objective, objective prism, ocular, prism, reader, reading glass, scythe, semicircle, sickle, telephoto lens, toric lens, varifocal lens, zoom lens

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