EDUCTION

Etymology

Noun

eduction (countable and uncountable, plural eductions)

The act of educing, of deducing: deduction.

The result of educing; something which has been educed; inference, deduction.

(geology) A process by which the Earth's crust spreads sideways and exposes deep-seated rocks.

Anagrams

• counited

Source: Wiktionary


E*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. eductio.]

Definition: The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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