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.
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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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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