Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A great or plentiful amount.
- noun The condition of being in rich supply.
- noun Degree of plentifulness.
- noun Chemistry The amount of an isotope of an element that exists in nature, usually expressed as a percentage of the total amount of all isotopes of the element.
- noun Affluence; prosperity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A copious supply or quantity; overflowing plenteousness; unrestricted sufficiency: strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number: as, an abundance of corn, or of people; to have money in great abundance.
- noun Overflowing fullness or affluence; repletion; amplitude of means or resources.
- noun Synonyms Exuberance, Profusion, etc. (see
plenty ); plenteousness, plentifulness, plenitude, sufficiency, copiousness, ampleness, luxuriance, supply. Seeaffluence . - noun In card-playing, same as
abondance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- noun (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
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Examples
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Since the effect of the movement is to reduce the liquids to the same condition, _a difference in density causes the flow to be greater from the less dense toward the denser liquid_, than in the opposite direction; while _a difference in composition causes the substances in solution to move from the place of greater abundance toward places of less abundance_.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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He buys at a low price in proportion to the abundance of the articles in demand; _abundance_, then, enriches him.
What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Fr��d��ric Bastiat 1825
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My patience, never in abundance, is rapidly waning with every subdivision of these hairs.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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What NASA has in abundance is a higher approval rating than at any time in its history - even during the height of Apollo - and it stands as a beacon of hope to a world fraught with economic depression, security threats and a general malaise.
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What it does have in abundance is limp, broad comedy starring Shia LaBeouf and some actually rather tepid vamping by former-It Girl Megan Fox.
Night Flights: March 2010 Edition « Screaming Blue Reviews 2010
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One thing Senator Obama does have in abundance is more than enough Kool-Aid to go around.
New G.O.P. Ad for McCain on Energy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Instead of host we might not improperly render the term abundance; [101] for Moses declares that this world was in every sense completed, as if the whole house were well supplied and filled with its furniture.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Be that as it may, what the British do have, and in abundance, is character!
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Life in abundance is eternal life, life without death or fear of death, life and much more.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Your post features both long-windedness and pomposity in abundance, which is fitting because those two qualities also comprise the left foot and right foot of your idol Obama, in that they are his feet of clay.
The Early Word: Leftovers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
whichbe commented on the word abundance
A-bun-dance: shake yer rump.
September 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word abundance
Like a barn dance, but with more cinnamon sugar.
July 3, 2022