An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
NYLON
nylon
(noun) a synthetic fabric
nylon
(noun) a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
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Etymology
Noun
nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
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Proper noun
NYLON
(often, attributively) New York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both cities, or a transatlantic culture featuring both cities.
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THEORETICAL
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