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.
INTERACTION
interaction
(noun) a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
interaction, fundamental interaction
(noun) (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interaction (countable and uncountable, plural interactions)
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
A conversation or exchange between people.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*ac"tion, n.
1. Intermediate action.
2. Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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