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Meaning of tea leaf paradox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The phenomenon whereby tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred (due to friction towards the bottom), rather than being forced to the edges, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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tea leaves tea light tea loaf tea mangrove tea money tea oil

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