mensa
mensa Lexical Profile
mensa Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An international non-profit organization and society whose membership is restricted to individuals who score at or above the 98th percentile on a standardized intelligence test (capitalized as Mensa).
"She qualified for Mensa after scoring in the top two percent on the supervised aptitude exam."
The flat stone slab or top surface of a Christian altar on which the Eucharist is consecrated.
"The ancient stone mensa of the cathedral altar was inscribed with five consecration crosses."
A faint constellation in the southern sky near the south celestial pole, representing Table Mountain in South Africa (capitalized as Mensa).
"Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud extends across the boundary into the constellation Mensa."
The grinding or chewing surface of a tooth, especially a molar or premolar.
"Dental anthropologists examined the wear patterns on the mensa of the fossilized molar to determine the specimen's diet."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin mensa, meaning 'table' or 'altar'. The high-IQ society Mensa, founded in Oxford in 1946, chose this name to symbolize a round-table society where members meet as equals regardless of background.