In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SYNAPTIC
synaptic
(adjective) (neuroscience) of or involving synapses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
synaptic (not comparable)
(physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
(cytology) Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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