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.
MOMENTUM
momentum
(noun) the product of a body’s mass and its velocity; “the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities”
momentum, impulse
(noun) an impelling force or strength; “the car’s momentum carried it off the road”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
momentum (countable and uncountable, plural momentums or momenta)
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*men"tum, n.; pl. L. Momenta, F. Momentums. Etym: [L. See Moment.]
1. (Mech.)
Definition: The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
2. Essential element, or constituent element. I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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