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caffeine
[ ka-feen, kaf-een, kaf-ee-in ]
noun
- Chemistry, Pharmacology. a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant.
- Informal. a drink, usually coffee or tea, containing this stimulant:
We sipped our caffeine on the balcony with its views of sea stacks, rocky coves, and the ever-changing ocean.
caffeine
/ kă-fēn′ /
- A bitter white alkaloid found in tea leaves, coffee beans, and various other plant parts. It is a mild stimulant. Caffeine is a xanthine and similar in structure to theobromine and theophylline. Chemical formula: C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 .
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Other Words From
- caf·fein·ic [ka-, fee, -nik, kaf-ee-, in, -ik], adjective
- non·caf·feine noun
- non·caf·fein·ic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caffeine1
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Example Sentences
The Pentagon security reviewers must have been suffering a dearth of caffeine or sleep.
The story gets out that Obama skipped his usual afternoon dose of caffeine heading toward the U.N. meeting.
This clean source of caffeine is the next noble, and healthy, substitute for your daily cup of coffee.
A “caffeine nap,” or a quick cup of something caffeinated followed by a nap, outperforms both a nap or caffeine independently.
Einöther authored the most comprehensive review of research on caffeine to date.
Both contain stimulating alkaloids, theobromine and caffeine, and fat is a notable constituent of cocoa.
It's thick enough to stand a spoon up in, and it has way more caffeine than the kiddee-pops like Red Bull.
I'd totaled about three hours of sleep, and even three cups of the Turk's caffeine mud failed to jump-start my brain.
It appears to be identical with caffeine, the active principle of coffee and tea.
This first term gives rise to a series of bodies in lateral groups, of which the most interesting are caffeine and theobromine.
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