The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
BISECT
bisect
(verb) cut in half or cut in two; “bisect a line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bisect (third-person singular simple present bisects, present participle bisecting, simple past and past participle bisected)
(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.
(transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
(computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
Synonyms
• (to divide into two parts): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also bisect
Noun
bisect (plural bisects)
(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
Source: Wiktionary
Bi*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Bisecting.] Etym: [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]
1. To cut or divide into two parts.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To divide into two equal parts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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