Both Uses of
yield
in
Jurassic Park
- "...we can sometimes get DNA directly from dinosaur bones."
"What kind of a yield?" Grant asked.
"Well, most soluble protein is leached out during fossilization, but twenty percent of the proteins are still recoverable by grinding up the bones and using Loy's procedure."
Chpt 17yield = amount produced
- As you can imagine, a twenty percent yield is insufficient for our work.
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced