MONOPOLE

Etymology 1

Noun

monopole (plural monopoles)

An appellation owned by a single winery.

Etymology 2

Noun

monopole (plural monopoles)

(physics) A magnetic monopole.

A monopole antenna.

An electrical power transmission line having one direct-current conductor and a ground (earth) connection.

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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