In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUADRICS
Noun
quadrics
plural of quadric
Source: Wiktionary
QUADRIC
Quad"ric, a. (Math.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the second degree.
Quad"ric, n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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