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.
EXACTITUDE
exactness, exactitude
(noun) the quality of being exact; “he demanded exactness in all details”; “a man of great exactitude”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
exactitude (countable and uncountable, plural exactitudes)
Accuracy; attention to small details.
Synonym: exactness
Antonym: inexactitude
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*act"i*tude, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exactitude.]
Definition: The quality of being exact; exactness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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