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.
DEFLAGRATION
deflagration
(noun) combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deflagration (countable and uncountable, plural deflagrations)
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Antonyms
• (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation
Hypernyms
• combustion
Anagrams
• afterloading
Source: Wiktionary
Def`la*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration.]
1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: The act or process of deflagrating.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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