As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
alidade, alidad
(noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
alidade, alidad
(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alidad (plural alidads)
Archaic form of alidade.
• la-di-da
Source: Wiktionary
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.