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.
INCLINOMETER
clinometer, inclinometer
(noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation
inclinometer, dip circle
(noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
inclinometer
(noun) an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inclinometer (plural inclinometers)
An instrument that displays the angle of an aircraft relative to the horizon.
An instrument that measures magnetic dip; a dip circle.
A surveying instrument that measures angles of inclination or elevation; a clinometer.
Synonyms
• clinometer
Source: Wiktionary
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