crasis (countable and uncountable, plural crases)
(obsolete) One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.
A mixture or combination.
(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.
• ACRISS, Sarics, crissa
Source: Wiktionary
Cra"sis (kr"ss), n. Etym: [LL., temperament, fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Definition: A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
