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meniscus

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8 lettersPronunciation /məˈnɪs.kəs/Part of speech nounSorted ceimnssuStarts with MEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube

Word origin

From Ancient Greek μηνίσκος (mēnískos, “crescent”), from μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”). Piecewise doublet of moonish.

Used in a sentence

  • And from Crabbe's own forehead sweat dripped or gathered into a kind of meniscus to be scooped off.
  • 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 [...].

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