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.
DIOPTRIC
Etymology
From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.
Adjective
dioptric (comparative more dioptric, superlative most dioptric)
(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
(obsolete) Capable of being seen through.
Noun
dioptric (plural dioptrics)
(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
A dioptric telescope.
Anagrams
• diprotic, protidic, tripodic
Source: Wiktionary
Di*op"tric, a. (Optics)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.
– n.
Definition: A dioptre. See Dioptre.
Di*op"tric, Di*op"tric*al, a. Etym: [Gr. dioptrique.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. "Dioptrical principles." Nichol. Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under Cartesian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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