In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RUGOSITY
Etymology
Noun
rugosity (countable and uncountable, plural rugosities)
(uncountable) The state of being rugose.
(countable) A measure of how rugose something is.
Source: Wiktionary
Ru*gos"i*ty, n. Etym: [l. rugositas: cf. F. rugosité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being rugose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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