In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ELECTROPHORESIS
electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
(noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
electrophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural electrophoreses)
(electricity) the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
(analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis
Source: Wiktionary
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