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.
ASTATIC
astatic
(adjective) not static or stable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
astatic (comparative more astatic, superlative most astatic)
Not static or stable; unsteady, unstable.
Losing polarity, as a magnetic needle.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to astasia.
Source: Wiktionary
A*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism)
Definition: Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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