In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HELIOMETER
heliometer
(noun) an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heliometer (plural heliometers)
An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
Source: Wiktionary
He`li*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Helio- + -meter: cf. F. héliomètre.] (Astron.)
Definition: An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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