The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ORTHOTROPIC
Etymology
Adjective
orthotropic (not comparable)
(botany) Growing vertically, either upwards or downwards.
(engineering) Having material properties that differ along three mutually orthogonal twofold axes of rotational symmetry.
Hypernym: anisotropic
Source: Wiktionary
Or`tho*trop"ic, a. Etym: [See Orthotropal.] (Bot.)
Definition: Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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