Associations to the word «Abundance»

Wiktionary

ABUNDANCE, noun. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
ABUNDANCE, noun. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABUNDANCE, noun. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABUNDANCE, noun. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
ABUNDANCE, noun. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABUNDANCE, noun. The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance".
ABUNDANCE, noun. (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present.
ABUNDANCE, noun. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million.

Wise words

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