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.
SLIDEWAY
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
(noun) sloping channel through which things can descend
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
slideway (plural slideways)
Any form of track along which things can slide.
Source: Wiktionary
Slide"way`, n.
Definition: A way along which something slides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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