RECENCY

recency, recentness

(noun) the property of having happened or appeared not long ago

recency, recentness

(noun) a time immediately before the present

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recency (usually uncountable, plural recencies)

The property of being recent; newness.

Synonym: recentness

Source: Wiktionary


Re"cen*cy, n. Etym: [LL. recentia, fr. L. recens. See Recent.]

Definition: The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHELICERA

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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