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.
CATENATION
Noun
catenation (countable and uncountable, plural catenations)
The act or process of catenating.
(chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element.
Source: Wiktionary
Cat`e*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. catenatio.]
Definition: Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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