pivotal, polar
(adjective) being of crucial importance; “a pivotal event”; “Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions”- Henry Kissinger; “the polar events of this study”; “a polar principal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pivotal (comparative more pivotal, superlative most pivotal)
Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
Being of crucial importance; central, key.
Source: Wiktionary
Piv"ot*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.