ABRASIVENESS

abrasiveness

(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable

harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness

(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

abrasiveness (countable and uncountable, plural abrasivenesses)

The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.

Source: Wiktionary



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HISTOLOGICALLY

(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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