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.
CONJUGATION
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
(noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit; “the union of opposing factions”; “he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays”
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
(noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; “the casual couplings of adolescents”; “the mating of some species occurs only in the spring”
conjugation
(noun) a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
conjugation
(noun) the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
conjugation
(noun) the inflection of verbs
junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation
(noun) the state of being joined together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conjugation (countable and uncountable, plural conjugations)
The coming together of things; union.
(biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
Sexual relations within marriage
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
(grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
(grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
(chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
(mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg-1, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism
(mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation
Coordinate terms
• declension, declination
Source: Wiktionary
Con`ju*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]
1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.
2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
4. (Biol.)
Definition: A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
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