ONIUM

Etymology 1

Noun

onium (plural oniums)

(chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families

(chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds

Etymology 2

Noun

onium (plural onia)

(physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle

Source: Wiktionary



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APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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