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.
NAVIGATION
seafaring, navigation, sailing
(noun) the work of a sailor
navigation, pilotage, piloting
(noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
navigation
(noun) ship traffic; “the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
navigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship or (colloquially) road vehicle.
(uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
(countable) A canal.
Source: Wiktionary
Nav`i*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.]
1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
2. (a) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
3. Ships in general. [Poetic] Shak. Aërial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; aëronautic.
– Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
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