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.
PRECISE
accurate, exact, precise
(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct; “a precise image”; “a precise measurement”
precise
(adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited; “a precise mind”; “specified a precise amount”; “arrived at the precise moment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)
exact, accurate
Antonyms: inexact, imprecise
(sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)
Antonyms: inconsistent, varying
adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
Synonyms
• See also meticulous
Verb
precise (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)
(nonstandard, used in NNES or the jargon of e.g. the European Union, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.
Anagrams
• piecers, pierces, recipes
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cise", a. Etym: [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. précis. Cf. Concise.]
1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. Milton.
2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak.
Syn.
– Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
– Pre*cise"ly, adv.
– Pre*cise"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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