Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fertility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fertility \Fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F.
fertilit['e].]
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. ``fertility of
resource.'' --E. Everett.
And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in
its own fertility. --Shak.
Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than
other climes' fertility. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fertility
n 1: the ratio of live births in an area to the population of
that area; expressed per 1000 population per year [syn:
{birthrate}, {birth rate}, {fertility rate}, {natality}]
2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
[syn: {fecundity}] [ant: {sterility}]
3: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining growth;
"he praised the richness of the soil" [syn: {richness}, {prolificacy}]
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