TAURYLIC

Tau*ryl"ic, a. Etym: [L. taurus a bull + E. phenylic.] (Chem.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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