In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SUPERPOWER
Etymology
Noun
superpower (countable and uncountable, plural superpowers)
(uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the Soviet Union or United States.
(countable) A fictional extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
(obsolete, uncountable) Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of commercial electricity production.
(mathematics) A tetration (also known as a power tower and the inverse of a superlogarithm).
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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