Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GAUSSIAN
Gaussian
(adjective) of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability; “Gaussian distribution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
gaussian (comparative more gaussian, superlative most gaussian)
Alternative letter-case form of Gaussian
Etymology
Adjective
Gaussian (comparative more Gaussian, superlative most Gaussian)
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.
(statistics) Normal.
Noun
Gaussian (plural Gaussians)
(maths) Gaussian function
Source: Wiktionary
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