According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
DISCRETEST
DISCRETE
Dis*crete", a. Etym: [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a.
– Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24.
– Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
Dis*crete", v. t.
Definition: To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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