QUINOLONE

Etymology

Noun

quinolone (plural quinolones)

(organic compound) Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.

(medicine) Any of a range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, related to nalidixic acid, based on this structure.

Source: Wiktionary



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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