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.
SYNCHRONIZATION
synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing
(noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; “the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary”
synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising
(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronism, synchrony, synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; “the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
synchronization (countable and uncountable, plural synchronizations)
The state or property of being synchronized.
(military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.
(military) In an intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan.
Synonyms
• (state of being synchronized): synchroneity, synchronicity; see also simultaneousness
Source: Wiktionary
Syn`chro*ni*za"tion, n.
Definition: The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUNLIT
(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner
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