An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CROSSHEAD
crosshead
(noun) metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
crossheading, crosshead
(noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crosshead (plural crossheads)
(engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
(journalism) Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"head` (-hd), n. (Mach.)
Definition: A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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