In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ORTHOCENTERS
Noun
orthocenters
plural of orthocenter
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ORTHOCENTER
Or`tho*cen"ter, n. Etym: [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.)
Definition: That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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