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.
PLASTICITY
malleability, plasticity
(noun) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)
The quality or state of being plastic.
(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)
Coordinate terms
• elasticity
Source: Wiktionary
Plas*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plasticité.]
1. The quality or state of being plastic.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: Plastic force. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
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