Fecundity

Word FECUNDITY
Character 9
Hyphenation fe cun di ty
Pronunciations /fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Fecundity"

What do we mean by fecundity?

The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility. noun

Productive or creative power. noun

Fruitfulness; the quality of propagating abundantly; particularly, the quality in female animals of producing young in great numbers. noun

The power of germinating: as, the seeds of some plants long retain their fecundity. noun

Productiveness in general; the power of creating or bringing forth; fertility, as of invention. noun

Synonyms Productiveness. noun

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. noun

The power of germinating; as in seeds. noun

The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention. noun

Ability to produce offspring. noun

Ability to cause growth. noun

Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production. noun

Rate of production of young by a female. noun

The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination noun

The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth noun

The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring noun

Ability to produce offspring.

Ability to cause growth.

Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.

Rate of production of young by a female.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fecundity

The word "fecundity" in example sentences

The driving force behind all this fecundity is a terrible pressure I also must consider, the pressure of birth and growth, the pressure that squeezes out the egg and bursts the pupa, that hungers and lusts and drives the creature relentlessly toward its own death. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bad that such a situation has come to pass as IG so well highlights, this woman has so many children by so many fathers, and that her fecundity is funded by us. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

It stirred … but not by itself, for fecundity is not enough. ❋ Unknown (2006)

No, in the plant world, and especially among the flowering plants, fecundity is not an assault on human values. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In an editorial for the New England Journal of Medicine they declared, "If the decline in fecundity after 30 is as great as the French investigation indicates, new guidelines for counseling on reproduction may have to be formulated." ❋ Unknown (1995)

One explanation only can be given, namely, that the perfection we call fecundity must needs be found in God the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Scientists have easily constructed such experiments with animals, and all the animal data support the hypothesis of an age-linked decline in fecundity. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Demographers continue to debate interpretations of fertility figures and to question one another's methodologies and theoretical assumptions regarding the measurement of age-specific declines in fecundity. ❋ Unknown (1995)

As to the name Shadday -- which is found sometimes alone, and at oher times in connection with 'El (' El Shadday) -- it was originally an adjective conveying possibly the idea of fecundity (Gen., xvii, 1; xlix, 25) or of highness (Ps., xci, 1); at a later period the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The number of children by these marriages was 1437, -- more than five to a peer, -- more than 4.3 to a marriage, -- more, that is to say, than the average number in those counties of England in which, according to Mr Sadler's own statement, the fecundity is the greatest. ❋ Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1829)

A graph representing Milne Edward's sifaka fecundity over time (from 1986 to 2004). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The mythic animals are an even stronger reminder that the fresco artists were depicting another world than the everyday one; it is a symbolic world where general concepts such as fecundity were more important than accuracy of detail. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also brings up "fecundity" in his original response to Bart of Crossed Genres, so what it comes down to is that writing about any relationship that isn't monogamous, het, lifelong, and for-procreation and I would guess from the rest enforcing "traditional" gender roles is too "messagey" for FFO. ❋ Shweta_narayan (2009)

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