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.
HEARTBEAT
heartbeat
(noun) an animating or vital unifying force; “New York is the commercial heartbeat of America”
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
(noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; “he could feel the beat of her heart”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heartbeat (plural heartbeats)
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
A driving impulse or vital force.
A very short space of time; an instant.
(computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
Synonyms
• (rhythm at which a heart pulsates): pulse
Source: Wiktionary
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