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.
EMENDATION
emendation
(noun) a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
emendation (countable and uncountable, plural emendations)
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
(zoology, taxonomy) An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
Synonyms
• revision
Anagrams
• denominate
Source: Wiktionary
Em`en*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. emendatio: cf. F. Ă©mendation.]
1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.
2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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