All 6 Uses of
yield
in
Outliers
- Langan talks about dealing with Reed and Montana State as if they were some kind of vast and unyielding government bureaucracy.
Chpt 4 (definition 1) *unyielding = strictstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- When the time came to plant, a Chinese farmer would have hundreds of different varieties of rice from which to choose, each one of which offered a slightly different trade-off, say, between yield and how quickly it grew, or how well it did in times of drought, or how it fared in poor soil.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)yield = amount produced
- In the West, if a farmer wanted to become more efficient or increase his yield, he introduced more and more sophisticated equipment, which allowed him to replace human labor with mechanical labor: a threshing machine, a hay baler, a combine harvester, a tractor.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- So rice farmers improved their yields by becoming smarter, by being better managers of their own time, and by making better choices.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- The harder you work a rice field, the more it yields.
Chpt 8 (definition 2) *yields = produces
- Getting it close to level but not quite right makes a big difference in terms of your yield.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)yield = amount produced
Definitions:
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(1) (yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(2) (yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced