ORTHOPINACOID

Or`tho*pin"a*coid, n. Etym: [Ortho- + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 July 2024

COELACANTH

(noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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