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.
MAGNETOELECTRIC
Etymology
Adjective
magnetoelectric (not comparable)
(physics) Of or pertaining to magnetoelectricity.
Anagrams
• electromagnetic
Source: Wiktionary
Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric, Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric*al, a. (Physics)
Definition: Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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