You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
APOTOME
A*pot"o*me, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Math.)
Definition: The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
2. (Mus)
Definition: The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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