Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RELEVANCY
relevance, relevancy
(noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
relevancy (countable and uncountable, plural relevancies)
(legal, Scotland) Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence. [from 16th c.]
(uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability. [from 17th c.]
(countable) A relevant thing. [from 19th c.]
Usage notes
• In contemporary usage relevance is about 20 times more common in the US (COCA) and about 50 times more common in the UK (BNC) than relevancy.
Antonyms
• irrelevancy
Source: Wiktionary
Rel"e*vance, Rel"e*van*cy, n.
1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.
2. (Scots Law)
Definition: Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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