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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.
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Noun1.fertility - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birth rate, birthrate, fertility rate, natality
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
fecundity
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"
prolificacy, rankness, richness
fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
fertility
noun fruitfulness, abundance, richness, fecundity, luxuriance, productiveness
Translations
Spanish fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → fertilidad f; fecundidad f
French fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → fertilité f; fécondité f
German fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] fertile n → Fruchtbarkeit f
Italian fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → 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.
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The extent of their experience is pleasantly balanced by the fertility of their imagination.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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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