Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SPHERICITY
sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness
(noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sphericity (countable and uncountable, plural sphericities)
(chiefly, uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
(geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
Synonyms
• (being a sphere): sphericality, sphericalness, sphereness; orbicularity, roundness
Source: Wiktionary
Sphe*ric"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sphéricité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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