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English noun: abundance | |||
| 1. | abundance (attribute) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | ||
| Samples | An age of abundance. | ||
| Synonyms | copiousness, teemingness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amplitude, bountifulness, bounty, cornucopia, lushness, luxuriance, overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty, profuseness, profusion, richness, superabundance, voluptuousness, wealth | ||
| Antonyms | scarceness, scarcity | ||
| 2. | abundance (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ratio | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 3. | abundance (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ratio | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
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