/ˈmɛnsə/
OriginFrom Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.
- Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
- A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
- In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
- The upper surface of an altar.
“Some churches also have an altar stone, a separate stone set into the mensa containing a relic of a saint, although this is becoming extremely rare.”
Formsmensae(plural) · mensas(plural)