Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rarity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rarity \Rar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Rarities}. [L. raritas: cf. F.
raret['e]. See {Rare}.]
1. The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness;
as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rarity
n 1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rareness}, {infrequency}]
2: a rarified quality: "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
[syn: {tenuity}, {low density}]
3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio},
{curiosity}, {oddity}, {oddment}, {peculiarity}]
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