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.
HYPERFINE
hyperfine
(adjective) extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components; “hyperfine structure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hyperfine (comparative more hyperfine, superlative most hyperfine)
Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
Source: Wiktionary
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