In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EQUATIVE
Etymology
Noun
equative (plural equatives)
(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.
(grammar) A word in the equative form.
(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.
Adjective
equative (not comparable)
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
Source: Wiktionary
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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