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.
DILATANCY
Etymology
Noun
dilatancy (countable and uncountable, plural dilatancies)
The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
(physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.
Source: Wiktionary
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BACK
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
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