Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TRAJECTORY
trajectory, flight
(noun) the path followed by an object moving through space
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trajectory (plural trajectories)
The path an object takes as it moves.
(astronomy, space) The path of a body as it travels through space.
(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
(figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career.
Source: Wiktionary
Tra*ject"o*ry, n.; pl. Trajectories. Etym: [Cf. F. trajectoire.]
Definition: The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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