There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
EQUATING
equation, equating
(noun) the act of regarding as equal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
equating
present participle of equate
Noun
equating (plural equatings)
The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
Source: Wiktionary
EQUATE
E*quate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.] Etym: [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
Definition: To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances. Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
– Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
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