Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ORTHOMORPHIC
Etymology
Adjective
orthomorphic (not comparable)
(cartography) conformal
Source: Wiktionary
Or`tho*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Ortho- + morphic.] (Geom.)
Definition: Having the right form. Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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