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.
KILOBASE
Etymology
Noun
kilobase (plural kilobases)
a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides
Synonyms
• kb
• kbp (double-stranded DNA)
• kilobase pair (double-stranded DNA)
Source: Wiktionary
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26 November 2024
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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