There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
CONCURRENT
coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous
(adjective) occurring or operating at the same time; “a series of coincident events”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
concurrent (comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
(geometry) Meeting in one point.
Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
(computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.
Coordinate terms
• leading, lagging
Noun
concurrent (plural concurrents)
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cur"rent, a. Etym: [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]
1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.
2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon. Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.
3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
4. (Geom.)
Definition: Meeting in one point.
Syn.
– Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.
Con*cur"rent, n.
1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More.
2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland.
3. (Chron.)
Definition: One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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