In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NITROX
Etymology
Noun
nitrox (uncountable)
(metallurgy) An industrial process for case hardening (imparting greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing (the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by oxidation.
(underwater diving) A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than what is normally present in air, which is used in place of air as a breathing gas.
Coordinate terms
• (mixture of nitrogen and oxygen): heliair, heliox, trimix
Source: Wiktionary
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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