The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
OCTANT
octant
(noun) a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
octant (plural octants)
The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
(astrology) The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart.
(geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
(nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.
Synonyms
• (astronomy): octile
Anagrams
• Catton
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"tant, n. Etym: [L. octans, -antis. fr. octo eight. See Octave.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
2. (Astron. & Astrol.)
Definition: The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.
3. An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9Oº, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant.
4. (Math. & Crystallog.)
Definition: One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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