The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TRAJECTION
Etymology
Noun
trajection (countable and uncountable, plural trajections)
(archaic) The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
(archaic) transposition
Source: Wiktionary
Tra*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. trajectio a crossing over, transposition.]
1. The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission. Boyle.
2. Transposition. [R.] Knatchbull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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