In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
INVERTIN
Etymology
Noun
invertin (plural invertins)
(obsolete, enzyme) Any enzyme that converts a sugar to an invert sugar; saccharase.
Synonym: zymose
Source: Wiktionary
In*vert"in, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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