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.
BASICITY
Etymology
Noun
basicity (countable and uncountable, plural basicities)
(uncountable) The condition of being basic
(countable, chemistry) The degree to which a substance is basic
(countable, chemistry) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*sic"i*ty, n. (Chem.) (a) The quality or state of being a base. (b) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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