In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SEMIDIAMETER
semidiameter
(noun) the apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
semidiameter (plural semidiameters)
(astronomy) The apparent radius of a star etc, when viewed from Earth.
(archaic) A radius: half of a diameter.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem`i*di*am"e*ter, n. (Math.)
Definition: Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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