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.
QUADRATICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
quadratically (not comparable)
In a quadratic way.
Source: Wiktionary
QUADRATIC
Quad*rat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quadratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
2. (Crystallog.)
Definition: Tetragonal.
3. (Alg.)
Definition: Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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