There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
REFRACTED
Verb
refracted
simple past tense and past participle of refract
Adjective
refracted (comparative more refracted, superlative most refracted)
Turned out of its straight course.
(biology) Bent back at an acute angle.
Anagrams
• recrafted, redecraft
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fract"ed, a.
1. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
2. Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
REFRACT
Re*fract" (r*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refracting.] Etym: [L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. réfracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n.]
1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
2. To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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