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.
STEREOPHONY
stereo, stereophony, stereo system, stereophonic system
(noun) reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stereophony (uncountable)
The reproduction of stereophonic sound.
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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