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.
SMECTIC
Etymology
Adjective
smectic (not comparable)
(rare) Cleansing.
(rare) Astringent; detergent.
(chemistry, physics) Describing a class of liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.
Noun
smectic (plural smectics)
A liquid crystal having the molecules aligned in this way.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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