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.
COMMINUTION
Etymology
Noun
comminution (countable and uncountable, plural comminutions)
(often, mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
(traumatology) The fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling.
Usage notes
In traumatology, comminution is to be distinguished from a compound or open fracture, though fractures which are both comminuted and compound do occur.
Synonyms
• (breaking or grinding up of a material): crushing, pulverization
Source: Wiktionary
Com`mi*nu"tion, n.
1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison.
3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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