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.
LINEARLY
linearly
(adverb) in a linear manner; “linearly polarized radiation”; “it grew linearly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
linearly (comparative more linearly, superlative most linearly)
In a linear manner.
In a straight line.
Sequentially in time; chronologically.
In the manner of a linear function.
(dance) Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.
Source: Wiktionary
Lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
Definition: In a linear manner; with lines.
LINEAR
Lin"e*ar, a. Etym: [L. linearis, linearius , fr. linea line: cf. F. linéaire. See 3d Line.]
1. Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear differential (Math.), an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients.
– Linear equation (Math.), an equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.
– Linear measure, the measurement of length.
– Linear numbers (Math.), such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a root.
– Linear problem (Geom.), a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone.
– Linear transformation (Alg.), a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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