There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
FLUXION
flux, fluxion
(noun) a flow or discharge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fluxion (countable and uncountable, plural fluxions)
(obsolete, mathematics) The derivative of a function.
(rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
(rare or archaic) A difference or variation.
Verb
fluxion (third-person singular simple present fluxions, present participle fluxioning, simple past and past participle fluxioned)
(geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
Source: Wiktionary
Flux"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluxion.]
Definition: The act of flowing. Cotgrave.
2. The matter that flows. Wiseman.
3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
4. (Med.)
Definition: An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination.
5. A constantly varying indication. Less to be counted than the fluxions of sun dials. De Quincey.
6. (Math.) (a) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential. (b) pl.
Definition: A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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