Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
SIGNIFICATION
meaning, significance, signification, import
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified; “what is the meaning of this sentence”; “the significance of a red traffic light”; “the signification of Chinese characters”; “the import of his announcement was ambiguous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
signification (countable and uncountable, plural significations)
The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
Evidence for the existence of something.
A meaning of a word.
Source: Wiktionary
Sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. signification, L. significatio.]
1. The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means. A signification of being pleased. Landor. All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another. South.
2. That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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