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.
AXIAL
axial
(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
axial
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
axile, axial
(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis; “axial angle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
axial (comparative more axial, superlative most axial)
Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
(anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
(botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
Noun
axial (plural axials)
(ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
(dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.
Source: Wiktionary
Ax"i*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. Nichol.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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