The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FLUXIONAL
Etymology
Adjective
fluxional (comparative more fluxional, superlative most fluxional)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.
(chemistry, of a compound) That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures.
Source: Wiktionary
Flux"ion*al, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. Coleridge. Fluxional structure (Geol.), fluidal structure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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