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.
GIMBAL
gimbal
(noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship’s compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gimbal (plural gimbals)
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
Verb
gimbal (third-person singular simple present gimbals, present participle gimbaling or gimballing, simple past and past participle gimbaled or gimballed)
(transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
(transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
(intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.
Source: Wiktionary
Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]
Definition: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
– Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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