In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PUISSANCE
puissance
(noun) power to influence or coerce; “the puissance of the labor vote”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
puissance (countable and uncountable, plural puissances)
Power, might or potency.
(equestrianism) Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.
Noun
Puissance (countable and uncountable, plural Puissances)
(equestrianism) Alternative letter-case form of puissance.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"is*sance, n. Etym: [F., fr.puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.]
Definition: Power; strength; might; force; potency. " Youths of puissance." Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak.
Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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