“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
LITUUSES
LITUUS
Lit"u*us, n.; pl. Litui. Etym: [L.]
1. (Rom. Antig.) (a) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. (b) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.
2. (Math.)
Definition: A spiral whose polar equation is r2th = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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