In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
THYRISTOR
Etymology
Noun
thyristor (plural thyristors)
(physics) a semiconductor diode having an extra "gate" terminal to switch it on
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RATE
(noun) a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; “the literacy rate”; “the retention rate”; “the dropout rate”
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