Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ASSOCIATOR
Etymology
Noun
associator (plural associators)
A person who or thing that associates.
(algebra) A multilinear map, given by [x, y, z] = xy(z) − x(yz), that measures the degree of nonassociativity of a ring or algebra.
Source: Wiktionary
As*so"ci*a`tor, n.
Definition: An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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