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UK
/ɐbˈʌndəns/
]
[ US /əˈbəndəns/ ]
[ US /əˈbəndəns/ ]
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
- (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
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the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
an age of abundance
How To Use abundance In A Sentence
- On a sunny summer day one can be overwhelmed by the abundance of the wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
- Surrounded by cottonwoods and aspens and featuring a wooden footbridge and an abundance of regional flora and foliage, it's a place to meditate, contemplate, and relax.
- The wives showed themselves true to stereotype by forever cooking meals containing an abundance of chips and driving to shoe shops in Japanese cabriolets.
- Folk wisdom tells of the abundance that follows a freeze. Times, Sunday Times
- Afterward the rider returns the maintenance station to refuel in abundance carries on the final sprint.
- Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies.
- If the abundance of leather, suede, sheepskin and fur heading for our high street fashion stores is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding yes.
- These small, bushy plants literally bloom nonstop with an extraordinary abundance of petite flowers.
- These conditions are challenging - retaining acidity and preventing sunburnt fruit are two of the main problems - but the abundance of very young vines is still a huge factor limiting the overall quality.
- However, egg predation also had a large impact on geese and this effect was highly variable according to the abundance of another prey, lemmings.
