abundance
an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply: an abundance of grain.
overflowing fullness: abundance of the heart.
affluence; wealth: the enjoyment of abundance.
Physics, Chemistry. the number of atoms of one isotope of an element divided by the total number of atoms in a mixture of the isotopes.
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- pre·a·bun·dance, noun
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How to use abundance in a sentence
Twitter said that it has not yet seen any evidence that these keys were compromised, but alerted developers out of an abundance of caution.
Twitter warns developers that their private keys and account tokens may have been exposed | Zack Whittaker | September 25, 2020 | TechCrunchThe Heat’s abundance of long, rangy stoppers allowed them to throw multiple bodies on Milwaukee’s two best players, Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton.
The Bucks Played It Safe And Made The Wrong Kind Of History | Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightFor example, surveys of the Gulf of Alaska in 2017 noted a large decline in the abundance of valuable Pacific cod, now known to be linked to the Blob heatwave that had ended the year before.
Species may swim thousands of kilometers to escape ocean heat waves | Carolyn Gramling | August 10, 2020 | Science NewsThe farms race was about, how do you get the food from industrially productive, technologically sophisticated farms, to this display of abundance — and the display was really crucial.
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 6, 2020 | FreakonomicsAt healthy sites, he found that grass and an abundance of mussels often occur together.
For teens, big problems may lead to meaningful research | Carolyn Wilke | July 28, 2020 | Science News For Students
Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.
All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.
But in New York City, a metropolis with an abundance of concrete and very few fields of grass, a far more subtle display appears.
She actively, and with glee, imbued their lives with an abundance of misery.
J.K. Rowling Pens the Greatest Horror Story Ever: Dolores Umbridge Was Real | Kevin Fallon | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMedical authorities of the day often acted less out of an “abundance of caution” than with a general callousness to humanity.
Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyReceive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThat is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBesides, there is always a bunch of bananas hanging inside the house, and he has sugar-cane in abundance.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeShe was dressed in her brightest skirt and fairly shone with the abundance of cheap jewelry she wore.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
British Dictionary definitions for abundance
/ (əˈbʌndəns) /
a copious supply; great amount
fullness or benevolence: from the abundance of my heart
degree of plentifulness
chem the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage
physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage: the abundance of neon-22 in natural neon is 8.82 per cent
Also called: abondance a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks
affluence
Origin of abundance
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