The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GALVANOTROPISM
Noun
galvanotropism (uncountable)
(biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
Source: Wiktionary
Gal`va*not"ro*pism, n. Etym: [Galvanic + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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