In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyās pot filled with coffee.
SIGMA
sigma
(noun) the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sigma (plural sigmas or sigmata)
The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.
• "Herodotus: On The Customs of the Persians", I.139
Their names, which are expressive of some bodily or mental excellence, all end with the same letter---the letter which is called San by the Dorians, and Sigma by the Ionians.
(mathematics) The symbol Ī£, used to indicate summation of a set or series.
(statistics) The symbol Ļ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.
Anagrams
• Magis., agism, migas
Source: Wiktionary
Sig"ma, n.; pl. Sigmas. Etym: [L., from Gr.
Definition: The Greek letter S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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