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Mensa Definition

Mensa

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Etymology 1

From Latin mensa, "table"; the organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.

Proper noun

Mensa

  1. Mensa International; an organization for people with very high IQs.
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Etymology 2

Wikipedia has an article on: Mensa (constellation)

Originally named Montagne de la Table after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. By 1763 this had been Latinised as Mons Mensae. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to Mensa. From Latin mensa, "table"

Proper noun

Mensa

  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
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constellation
  • Finnish: Pöytä (fi)
  • French: Table (fr) f.
  • German: Tafelberg (de) m.
  • Norwegian: Bordet (no)
  • Russian: Столовая Гора
  • Spanish: Mensa (es)

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German

German Wikipedia has an article on: Mensa

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Noun

Mensa f. (genitive Mensa, plural Mensen)

  1. cafeteria (at a university), student canteen

 

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