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.
KILOHERTZ
kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc
(noun) one thousand periods per second
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kilohertz (plural kilohertz or kilohertzes)
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
Synonyms
• kilocycle
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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