Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
RADIATING
radiating
(adjective) diverging from a common point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
radiating
present participle of radiate
Source: Wiktionary
RADIATE
Ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell.
2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. Locke.
Ra"di*ate, v. t.
1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]
Ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p.]
1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Belonging to the Radiata.
Ra"di*ate, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Radiata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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