In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TRISECT
trisect
(verb) cut in three; “trisect a line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
trisect (third-person singular simple present trisects, present participle trisecting, simple past and past participle trisected)
(transitive) to cut into three pieces
(transitive, mathematics) to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trisecting.] Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut. See Section.]
1. To cut or divide into three parts.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To cut or divide into three equal parts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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