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.
PRAXIS
practice, praxis
(noun) translating an idea into action; “a hard theory to put into practice”; “differences between theory and praxis of communism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
praxis (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises)
The practical application of any branch of learning.
(drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
(philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
Custom or established practice.
An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Source: Wiktionary
Prax"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Practice.]
1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. "The praxis and theory of music." Wood.
2. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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