Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HEXAVALENT
Etymology
Adjective
hexavalent (not comparable)
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 6.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 6.
Source: Wiktionary
Hex*av"a*lent, a. Etym: [Hexa- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.)
Definition: Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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