1. Noun
A crescent.
2. Noun
A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. Noun
An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
4. 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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5. Noun
(physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
Vocabulary classified under Physics
6. Noun
(optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
Vocabulary classified under Physics
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