An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INDIUM
indium, In, atomic number
(noun) a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
indium (usually uncountable, plural indiums)
A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
A single atom of this element.
Anagrams
• minuid
Source: Wiktionary
In"di*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Indigo.] (Chem.)
Definition: A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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