ELECTROSHOCK

Etymology

Noun

electroshock (countable and uncountable, plural electroshocks)

(An) electric shock.

(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.

Verb

electroshock (third-person singular simple present electroshocks, present participle electroshocking, simple past and past participle electroshocked)

(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.

Source: Wiktionary



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MULTIPHASE

(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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