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.
CARDIOID
cardioid
(noun) an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cardioid (plural cardioids)
(geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation - approximately heart-shaped
Adjective
cardioid (comparative more cardioid, superlative most cardioid)
Having this characteristic shape
(of a microphone) sensitive in front, but not behind or at the sides
Anagrams
• caridoid, cidaroid
Source: Wiktionary
Car"di*oid, n. Etym: [Gr. ( (Math.)
Definition: An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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