An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PALEOGRAPHY
paleography
(noun) the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paleography (countable and uncountable, plural paleographies) (American spelling)
The study of old or ancient forms of writing.
Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
(obsolete) Paleogeography.
Source: Wiktionary
Pa`le*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. paléographie.]
1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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