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.
PRESSURING
Verb
pressuring
present participle of pressure
Noun
pressuring (plural pressurings)
An act or instance of pressuring.
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PRESSURE
Pres"sure (; 138), n. Etym: [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization. Where the pressure of danger was not felt. Macaulay.
3. Affliction; distress; grievance. My people's pressures are grievous. Eikon Basilike. In the midst of his great troubles and pressures. Atterbury.
4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
5. Impression; stamp; character impressed. All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. Shak.
6. (Mech.)
Definition: The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under Atmospheric, Center, etc.
– Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet.
– Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. Rankine.
– Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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