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.
DISCOVERY
discovery, find, uncovering
(noun) the act of discovering something
discovery, breakthrough, find
(noun) a productive insight
discovery
(noun) something that is discovered
discovery
(noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)
Something discovered.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
(legal, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(legal, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cov"er*y, n.; pl. Discoveries (.
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.
3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.
4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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