The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UNIVOCAL
unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous
(adjective) admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; “unequivocal evidence”; “took an unequivocal position”; “an unequivocal success”; “an unequivocal promise”; “an unequivocal (or univocal) statement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
univocal (not comparable)
Having only one possible meaning.
Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.
Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.
Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Unequivocal; indubitable.
Synonyms
• (having only one possible meaning): definite, monosemous, unambiguous, unequivocal; see also explicit
• (indubitable): undoubtable, self-evident
Antonyms
• ambiguous
• equivocal
• polysemous
• polysemic
Noun
univocal (plural univocals)
A word having only one meaning.
A document containing instances of only one vowel.
Anagrams
• vacuolin
Source: Wiktionary
U*niv"o*cal, a. Etym: [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]
1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
U*niv"o*cal, n.
1. (Aristotelian Logic)
Definition: A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2. A word having but one meaning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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