In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
diastole
(noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
diastole (usually uncountable, plural diastoles)
(chiefly, uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.
(uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
(Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek.
• (prosody): ectasis
• (physiology): systole
• (prosody): systole
• altoside, diolates, elastoid, isolated, sodalite, solidate
Source: Wiktionary
Di*as"to*le, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.