There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
TRANSMUTATION
transmutation, transubstantiation
(noun) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
transformation, transmutation, shift
(noun) a qualitative change
transmutation
(noun) (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment); “the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)
(obsolete) Change, alteration.
The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
(alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
(physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans`mu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See Transmute.]
1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]
3. (Biol.)
Definition: The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. Bacon. Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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