In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOSIMETRY
dosimetry
(noun) measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dosimetry (countable and uncountable, plural dosimetries)
The measurement of doses, especially of ionizing radiation.
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Do*sim"e*try, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.)
Definition: Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. --Do`si*met"ric (#), a. --Do*sim"e*trist (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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