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fertility

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fer·til·i·ty  (fr-tl-t)
n.
1. The condition, quality, or degree of being fertile.
2. The birthrate of a population.

fertility [fɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly
2. the state or quality of being fertile
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fertility - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
2.fertility - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
3.fertility - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

fertility
noun
1. fruitfulness, abundance, richness, fecundity, luxuriance, productiveness He brought large sterile acreages back to fertility.
2. ability to conceive, potency, ability to have children, ability to have babies, ability to have young Pregnancy is the only sure test for fertility.
Translations
fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ]
A. N [of land, woman, animal] → fertilidad f
B. CPD fertility drug Nmedicamento m para el tratamiento de la infertilidad
fertility rite Nrito m de fertilidad
fertility treatment Ntratamiento m contra la esterilidad
fertility [fɜːrˈtɪlɪti] n
[soil] → fertilité f
[woman, animal] → fécondité f fertility symbol
fertility clinic ncentre m de procréation médicalement assistée
fertility drug nmédicament m contre la stérilité
fertility symbol nsymbole m de fécondité
fertility treatment ntraitement m de l'infertilité f
fertility
n (lit, fig)Fruchtbarkeit f; (of soil, seed also)Ergiebigkeit f; (fig, of mind, brain) → Produktivität f

fertility:
fertility cult
nFruchtbarkeitskult m
fertility drug
nFruchtbarkeitspille f
fertility symbol
nFruchtbarkeitssymbol nt
fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → fertilità, fecondità
fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → fertilità, fecondità


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Rivers abound, it is true; but this region is nearly destitute of brooks and the smaller water courses, which tend so much to comfort and fertility.
The extent of their experience is pleasantly balanced by the fertility of their imagination.
And looking across space with instruments, and intelligences such as we have scarcely dreamed of, they see, at its nearest distance only 35,000,000 of miles sunward of them, a morning star of hope, our own warmer planet, green with vegetation and grey with water, with a cloudy atmosphere eloquent of fertility, with glimpses through its drifting cloud wisps of broad stretches of populous country and narrow, navy-crowded seas.
 
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