Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
THERMOPILES
Noun
thermopiles
plural of thermopile
Anagrams
• metrophiles
Source: Wiktionary
THERMOPILE
Ther"mo*pile, n. Etym: [Thermo- + pile a heap.] (Physics)
Definition: An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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