Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DECELERATION
deceleration
(noun) the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; āhe initiated deceleration by brakingā
deceleration, slowing, retardation
(noun) a decrease in rate of change; āthe deceleration of the arms raceā
deceleration
(noun) (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
deceleration (countable and uncountable, plural decelerations)
(uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
Antonyms
• (act or process of decelerating): acceleration
Source: Wiktionary
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ACRIMONIOUS
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; āan acrimonious disputeā; ābitter about the divorceā
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