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.
INTEGRATOR
integrator, planimeter
(noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
integrator (plural integrators)
A person who, or a device which, integrates.
A device that calculates definite integrals.
Any electronic device that sums a measurement over time.
Source: Wiktionary
In"te*gra`tor, n. (Math. & Mech.)
Definition: That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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