The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VERGENCY
Noun
vergency (plural vergencies)
The act of verging or approaching; tendency.
The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"gen*cy, n.
1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach. [R.]
2. (Opt.)
Definition: The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. [R.] Humphrey Lloyd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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