Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
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VARIANT
Va"ri*ant, a. Etym: [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F. variant. See Vary.]
1. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.] He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. Chaucer.
Va"ri*ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. variante.]
Definition: Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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