In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MOLLIFIER
Etymology
Noun
mollifier (plural mollifiers)
One who mollifies.
(mathematics) An "approximation to the identity", a smooth function with special properties, used in distribution theory to create sequences of smooth functions approximating nonsmooth (generalized) functions, via convolution.
Source: Wiktionary
Mol"li*fi`er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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