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Mensa

Mensa

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A faint group of stars in the southern sky that includes part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
: Mensa
  • Gentlemen, I hate to break up this Mensa summit, but we've gotta get this man's shoulder cleaned out.
  • Mensa member
  • join Mensa
  • Mensa organization

Examples

  • Like pearls formed through irritation, higher IQ clubs formed within Mensa.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Can't you talk to whatever Mensa candidate you're with?

    Two Weeks Notice (2002)

  • I had a perfect score on the Mensa intelligence test, ya know.

    A.R.C.H.I.E. (2016)

  • Have you ever heard of these MENSA people?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I never joined Mensa, though; something about it always seemed kind of sad.

    Blog text (26)

  • You just need to take the Mensa test early enough.

    Blog text (26)

  • I was asked to join Mensa.

    Hoodwinked! (2005)

  • And I'm head of the Boston chapter of Mensa.

    Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

  • Rev. Sewell is a member of Mensa, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a member of the Association for Intelligence Officers.

    Blog text (2)

  • Mensa is a faint constellation best known for its part in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Surface Forms

Mensa main

Etymology

Mensa comes from the Latin word mensa meaning 'table'. An astronomer in the 1700s named this faint southern constellation after Table Mountain in South Africa, so thinking of a 'table' helps you remember this group of stars near the Large Magellanic Cloud.