fecundity


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fe·cun·di·ty

 (fĭ-kŭn′dĭ-tē)
n.
1. The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility.
2. Productive or creative power: fecundity of the mind.

fecundity

(fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ)
n
1. fertility; fruitfulness
2. intellectual fruitfulness; creativity
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fecundity - the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fruitfulness
creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
2.fecundity - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fertility
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
3.fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
fruitfulness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
prolificacy, rankness, fertility, richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
productiveness, productivity - the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

fecundity

noun fertility, creativity, inventiveness, fruitfulness, productiveness, fructiferousness an island famous for fecundity and profusion

fecundity

noun
The quality or state of being fertile:
fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, productivity, prolificacy, prolificness, richness.
Translations

fecundity

[fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] N → fecundidad f

fecundity

n (lit, fig) → Fruchtbarkeit f

fecundity

[fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] n → fecondità

fe·cun·di·ty

n. fecundidad, fertilidad.
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The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous fecundity, no perpetual gloom or unceasing sunshine; nor are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity, or consummate in all private and social virtues; here are no Hottentots without religion, polity, or articulate language, no Chinese perfectly polite, and completely skilled in all sciences: he will discover, what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial inquirer, that wherever human nature is to be found there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason, and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced in most countries their particular inconveniences by particular favours.
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Owing to occasional retrogressions, to still more frequent moral and intellectual stagnation, and to the extraordinary fecundity of the Criminal and Vagabond Classes, there is always a vast superfluity of individuals of the half degree and single degree class, and a fair abundance of Specimens up to 10 degrees.
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And he put it to us in this way--marking the points with a lean forefinger--as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it:) and his fecundity.
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Directly this extraor- dinary growth encountered water it straightway became gigantic and of unparalleled fecundity.
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The real danger lay in the fecundity of her loins, and it was in
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But to the knowledge of human fecundity and sterility all the wisdom and education of your rulers will not attain; the laws which regulate them will not be discovered by an intelligence which is alloyed with sense, but will escape them, and they will bring children into the world when they ought not.
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ABSTRACT Incorporating fecundity into stock assessment models may improve stock assessment and management of Bristol Bay red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus.
Primiparous red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus are less fecund than multiparous crab
Early findings showed that experimentally increased 20E titers in wild-type Drosophila virilis Sturtevant (Drosophilidae) females drastically reduced their fecundity (Rauschenbach et al.
The effects of exogenous 20-hydroxyecdysone on the feeding, development, and reproduction of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
Unmet need for contraception was determined separately for women and men on the basis of their fecundity, contraceptive use and fertility intentions.
Men's data are needed to estimate unmet need among couples
The findings, independent of body mass index, "are the first to demonstrate that select serum lipids are associated with reduced couple fecundity as measured by a longer time to pregnancy," reported Enrique Schisterman, Ph.
Higher cholesterol levels linked to reduced fertility
Tayyebnia has emphasized the fecundity of the World Bank expert delegation's visit to Iran and said that Iran expects more cooperation from the World Bank.
Iran Islamic Republic of : IRAN and World Bank negotiates on deepening MUTUAL COOPERATION
Our study estimated the fecundity of 39 female Alabama shad from the Apalachicola River, Florida.
Potential spawning strategy and fecundity of Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) from the Apalachicola River, Florida

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