The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MACRODOME
Etymology
Noun
macrodome (plural macrodomes)
A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac"ro*dome, n. Etym: [Macro- + dome.] (Crystallog.)
Definition: A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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