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.
PROGNOSTICS
Noun
prognostics
plural of prognostic
prognostics (uncountable)
An engineering discipline focused on predicting the time at which a system or a component will no longer perform its intended function.
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PROGNOSTIC
Prog*nos"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Prognosis.]
Definition: Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
Prog*nos"tic, n. Etym: [L. prognosticum, Gr. pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a.]
1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import. Macaulay.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. Parr.
Syn.
– Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
Prog*nos"tic, v. t.
Definition: To prognosticate. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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