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.
CONCENTRIC
concentric, concentrical, homocentric
(adjective) having a common center; “concentric rings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
concentric (comparative more concentric, superlative most concentric)
(geometry) Having a common center.
(physiology) (of a motion) in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. extension of the lower arm via the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Antonym: eccentric. Concentric and eccentric movements are collectively referred to as isotonic (with motion), the antonym of which is isometric (without motion).
Antonyms
• (physiology): eccentric
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cen"tric, Con*cen"tric*al, a. Etym: [F. concentrique. See Concenter.]
Definition: Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another. Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. Sir I. Newton. Concentrical rings like those of an onion. Arbuthnot.
Con*cen"tric, n.
Definition: That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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