“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
TRANSVERSION
Noun
transversion (countable and uncountable, plural transversions)
(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa
(literature) The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*ver"sion, n.
Definition: The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CORRECTION
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
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