The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OROMETERS
Noun
orometers
plural of orometer
Source: Wiktionary
OROMETER
O*rom"e*ter, n. [Gr. mountain + -meter.] (Meteor.)
Definition: An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the observation is made.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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