The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OBSCURATION
Noun
obscuration (countable and uncountable, plural obscurations)
The state of being obscured.
A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob`scu*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. obscurativ: cf.F. obscuration. See Obscure, v. t. ]
Definition: The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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