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.
PHOTICS
Noun
photics (uncountable)
The science of light.
Usage notes
• A general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as producing vision.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho"tics, n. (Physics)
Definition: The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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