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.
CATION
cation
(noun) a positively charged ion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cation (plural cations)
(chemistry) A positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
Anagrams
• Catino, actino-, action, atonic
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Cat"i*on, n. Etym: [Gr. p. pr. of (Chem.)
Definition: An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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