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Mensa Definition

Mensa (men′sə)

noun

a S constellation between Dorado and Octans, containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Etymology: L, lit., table

Mensa Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • original: It has beveled edges, and Mortlock thought it might have been the original mensa.

Noun used with modifier

  • altar: It is probably part of the medieval altar mensa, broken up at the Reformation.
  • stone: This had to be dismantled, and only the stone mensa remains in the crypt.