An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ZONAL
zonal
(adjective) associated with or divided into zones; “a zonal pattern of cell structure”; “zonal division”
zonal, zonary
(adjective) relating to or of the nature of a zone; “the zonal frontier”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
zonal (comparative more zonal, superlative most zonal)
Divided into zones.
Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
(of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)
Anagrams
• azlon
Source: Wiktionary
Zon"al, a. Etym: [L. zonalis.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones. Zonal equation (Crystallog.), the mathematical relation which belongs to all the planes of a zone, and expresses their common position with reference to the axes.
– Zonal structure (Crystallog.), a structure characterized by the arrangements of color, inclusions, etc., of a crystal in parallel or concentric layers, which usually follow the outline of the crystal, and mark the changes that have taken place during its growth.
– Zonal symmetry. (Biol.) See the Note under Symmetry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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