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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. involving the mind or an intellectual process;
- Example: "mental images of happy times"
- Example: "mental calculations"
- Example: "in a terrible mental state"
- Example: "mental suffering"
- Example: "free from mental defects"

2. of or relating to the mind;
- Example: "mental powers"
- Example: "mental development"
- Example: "mental hygiene"

3. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks;

4. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw;
[syn: genial, mental]

5. affected by a disorder of the mind;
- Example: "a mental patient"
- Example: "mental illness"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mental \Men"tal\, a. [L. mentum the chin.] (Anat.)
   Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve;
   the mental region.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mental \Men"tal\, n. (Zool.)
   A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or
   reptile.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mental \Men"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the
   mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind.]
   Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental
   faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.
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         What a mental power
         This eye shoots forth!                   --Shak.
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   Mental alienation, insanity.

   Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving
      arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by
      written figures.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mental
    adj 1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental
           images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a
           terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from
           mental defects" [ant: physical]
    2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental
       development"; "mental hygiene"
    3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects
       and certain mollusks
    4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
       [syn: genial, mental]
    5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient";
       "mental illness"