Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MICROPHOTOGRAPH
Etymology
Noun
microphotograph (plural microphotographs)
A photograph so reduced in size that it must be viewed through a lens or a microscope.
A photograph taken through a microscope, an enlarged picture of a very small item or area; a photomicrograph.
Verb
microphotograph (third-person singular simple present microphotographs, present participle microphotographing, simple past and past participle microphotographed)
To create such a photograph
Anagrams
• photomicrograph
Source: Wiktionary
Mi`cro*pho"to*graph, n. Etym: [Micro- + photograph.]
1. A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.
2. An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.
Note: A picture of this kind is preferably called a photomicrograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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