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.
SUBTONIC
subtonic, leading tone
(noun) (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
subtonic (not comparable)
(phonetics, dated) Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated sounds or utterances that are inaudible or barely audible, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (Guide to Pronunciation, 1833).
Noun
subtonic (plural subtonics)
(music) The note immediately below the upper note of a musical scale.
(phonetics, dated) An imperfectly articulated sound or utterance, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (Guide to Pronunciation, 1833).
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*ton"ic, a. (Phonetics)
Definition: Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§155, 199-202.
Sub*ton"ic, n.
1. (Phonetics)
Definition: A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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