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mensa

1

[ men-suh ]

noun

genitive: Mensaeplural: mensas mensae
  1. Also called altar slab,. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
  2. genitive Mensae (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.


Mensa

2

[ men-suh ]

noun

  1. an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.

Mensa

1

/ ˈɛԲə /

noun

  1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Hydrus and Volans and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mensa

2

/ ˈɛԲə /

noun

  1. an international society, membership of which is restricted to people whose intelligence test scores exceed those expected of 98 per cent of the population
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ѱs noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mensa1

First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin ŧԲ “t”

Origin of mensa2

From the Latin word ŧԲ table, symbolizing the original conception of the society, “a round table where no one has precedence”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mensa1

Latin, literally: the table
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I can't count how many letters and emails I've gotten over the last decades from people who say, "I thought I was dumb, or the teachers told me my kids were dumb, or I applied for Mensa and I didn't get it. But then I learned about your theory and I explored things to find out what I was good at, what I was average at, what I was not good at. And that's been liberating for me or for my children or my grandchildren or whatever."

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Voter turnout was 60.9%, said the head of Ghana's electoral commission, Jean Mensa.

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When Pastor, enraged, kills a parishioner, he convinces the trusting Mensa that God uses sinners for his will and wants Mensa to help Pastor get rid of the body in the California desert.

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Trump is bragging about passing the MOCA, a screening test for dementia, as if it made him MENSA, when it’s a test any kindergartener should pass.

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Mahnoor, who is a member of Mensa, will be focussed on gaining a place at Oxford University or Imperial College.

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