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Mensa1

Syllabification: (Men·sa)
Pronunciation: /ˈmensə/

Astronomy
Definition of Mensa
  • a small, faint southern constellation (the Table or Table Mountain), lying between Dorado and the south celestial pole. It contains part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • (as genitive Mensae /ˈmensē/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Alpha Mensae

Origin:

Latin

Mensa in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Mensa in the British & World English dictionary