Fertility
[fə'tɪlɪtɪ;fɜː'tɪlɪtɪ] or [fɚ'tɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fecundity, fertileness.[2]. Fruitfulness, productiveness, plenteousness, exuberance, luxuriance, abundance, richness.
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Examples
- The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- So that here we have perfect, or even more than commonly perfect fertility, in a first cross between two distinct species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the heath's barrenness to the farmer lay its fertility to the historian. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Waste lands, of the greatest natural fertility, are to be had for a trifle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For four thousand years its waters have not gone dry or its fertility failed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When the capitals are equal, and equally well applied, it is in proportion to their natural fertility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That of a metallic mine depends more upon its fertility, and less upon its situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If we thus argue in a circle, the fertility of all varieties produced under nature will assuredly have to be granted. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Several considerations, however, render the fertility of domestic varieties less remarkable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These cases serve to show on what slight and mysterious causes the lesser or greater fertility of a species sometimes depends. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The fertility, both of first crosses and of hybrids, is more easily affected by unfavourable conditions, than is that of pure species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In no one thing has man shown greater fertility of invention than in lighting; to nothing does he cling more tenaciously than to his devices for furnishing light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The value, both of their produce and of their rent, is in proportion to their absolute, and not to their relative fertility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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