Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ABSCISS
Etymology 1
Noun
absciss (plural abscisses)
Alternative form of abscissa [First attested in the late 17th century.]
Etymology 2
Verb
absciss (third-person singular simple present abscisses, present participle abscissing, simple past and past participle abscissed)
(transitive) To cut off by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
(intransitive) To separate (as a leaf from a twig) by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"sciss, n.; pl. Abscisses.
Definition: See Abscissa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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