The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ISOCHRONIZE
Verb
isochronize (third-person singular simple present isochronizes, present participle isochronizing, simple past and past participle isochronized)
(transitive) To make (the motion of a moving body) more uniform in rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.
Source: Wiktionary
I*soch"ro*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -nized; p. pr. & vb. n. - nizing.] [See Isochronous.]
Definition: To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body), uniform in rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(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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