According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
HELIAC
heliacal, heliac
(adjective) pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun; “the heliacal rising of the Dog Star”; “the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
heliac (not comparable)
Alternative form of heliacal
Etymology 2
Short for helical accelerator.
Noun
heliac (plural heliacs)
A stellarator in which the magnetic axis (and plasma) follows a helical path to form a toroidal helix rather than a simple ring shape.
Anagrams
• Lachie, alchie
Source: Wiktionary
He"li*ac, a.
Definition: Heliacal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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