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.
DEFERENTS
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deferents
plural of deferent
Source: Wiktionary
DEFERENT
Def"er*ent, a. Etym: [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]
Definition: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.
Def"er*ent, n.
1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.
2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Definition: An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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