In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ELIMINANT
Noun
eliminant (plural eliminants)
(mathematics) A resultant.
(medicine) A drug promoting excretion or the removal of waste.
Source: Wiktionary
E*lim"i*nant, n. (Math.)
Definition: The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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