Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ELECTRODES
Noun
electrodes
plural of electrode
Anagrams
• corseleted, deselector
Source: Wiktionary
ELECTRODE
E*lec"trode, n. Etym: [Electro- + Gr. électrode.] (Elec.)
Definition: The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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