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.
DIOPTRICS
Noun
dioptrics
plural of dioptric
Noun
dioptrics (uncountable)
the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses
Source: Wiktionary
Di*op"trics, n. Etym: [Gr. dioptrique.] (Optics)
Definition: The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses;
– distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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