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ABUNDANCE

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a⋅bun⋅dance

[uh-buhn-duhns]
–noun
1. an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply: an abundance of grain.
2. overflowing fullness: abundance of the heart.
3. affluence; wealth: the enjoyment of abundance.
4. 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.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < L abundantia. See abundant, -ance


1. copiousness, plenteousness. See plenty. 2. generosity.


1. scarcity.
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a·bun·dance   (ə-bŭn'dəns)   
n.  
  1. A great or plentiful amount.

  2. Fullness to overflowing: "My thoughts . . . are from the abundance of my heart" (Thomas De Quincey).

  3. Affluence; wealth.

  4. 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.

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Word Origin & History

abundance 
1340, from O.Fr. abundance, from L. abundantia "fullness," noun of state from abundantem (nom. abundans), prp. of abundare "to overflow" (see abound).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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