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.
HYDROLYSIS
hydrolysis
(noun) a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hydrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural hydrolyses)
(chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*drol"y*sis, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -lysis.] (Chem.)
Definition: A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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