In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOGISTIC
logistic, logistical
(adjective) of or relating to logistics; “logistic requirements”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
logistic (not comparable)
(mathematics) Relating to symbolic logic.
(statistics) Relating to the logistic function.
(mathematics, obsolete) Using sexagesimal fractions, especially in arithmetic or logarithms.
(mathematics, obsolete) Relating to basic arithmetic.
(mathematics, obsolete) Skilled in calculating.
(mathematics, obsolete) Proportional.
Noun
logistic (countable and uncountable, plural logistics)
(countable, mathematics) A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.
(uncountable, mathematics, obsolete) The art of calculation.
(uncountable, mathematics, obsolete) Sexagesimal arithmetic.
Etymology 2
Adjective
logistic (not comparable)
(operations) Relating to logistics.
Anagrams
• logicist
Source: Wiktionary
Lo*gis"tic, Lo*gis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. logistique.]
1. Logical. [Obs.] Berkeley.
2. (Math.)
Definition: Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. Logistic, or Proportional, logarithms, certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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