In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DECIMALISATION
decimalization, decimalisation
(noun) the act of changing to a decimal system; “the decimalization of British currency”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decimalisation (usually uncountable, plural decimalisations)
Conversion to a decimal system.
Specifically, conversion of the currency of the United Kingdom in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).
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HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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