According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
CHEMOTAXIS
chemotaxis
(noun) movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chemotaxis (countable and uncountable, plural chemotaxes)
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
Coordinate terms
• chemotropism
Source: Wiktionary
Chem`o*tax"is, n. Formerly also Chem`i*o*tax"is. [Chemical + Gr. arrangement, fr. to arrange.] (Biol.)
Definition: The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoöspores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). -- Chem`o*tac"tic (#), a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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