In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ASTATIC
astatic
(adjective) not static or stable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
astatic (comparative more astatic, superlative most astatic)
Not static or stable; unsteady, unstable.
Losing polarity, as a magnetic needle.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to astasia.
Source: Wiktionary
A*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism)
Definition: Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
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