According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
OCCLUSIONS
Noun
occlusions
plural of occlusion
Source: Wiktionary
OCCLUSION
Oc*clu"sion, n. Etym: [See Occlude.]
1. The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded. Constriction and occlusion of the orifice. Howell.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation. Dunglison. Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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