Definitions for fecundity
fɪˈkʌn dɪ tife·cun·di·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. fecundity, fruitfulnessnoun

   the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

2. fertility, fecunditynoun

   the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

3. fruitfulness, fecunditynoun

   the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. fecunditynoun

   Ability to produce offspring.

2. fecunditynoun

   Ability to cause growth.

3. fecunditynoun

   Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.

4. fecunditynoun

   Rate of production of young by a female.

5. Etymology: From fecunditas, from fecundus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fecunditynoun

   Etymology: from fecund; fecondité, French.

   1. Fruitfulnes; quality of producing or bringing forth in great abundance.

   I appeal to the animal and vegetable productions of the earth, the vast numbers whereof notoriously testify the extreme luxuriance and fecundity of it. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   2. Power of producing or bringing forth.

   Some of the ancients mention some seeds that retain their fecundity forty years; and I have found, from a friend, that melon-seeds, after thirty years, are best for raising of melons. John Ray, on the Creation.

   He could never create so ample a world, but he could have made a bigger; the fecundity of his creative power never growing barren, nor being exhausted. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

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1. fecundity

   Fecundity refers to the capacity or potential of an individual, population, or system to produce or reproduce abundantly or to yield large quantities. In biology, it often refers to the ability of an organism to reproduce, usually measured by the number of offspring produced.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Fecunditynoun

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

2. Fecunditynoun

   the power of germinating; as in seeds

3. Fecunditynoun

   the power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power

4. Etymology: [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fcondit. See Fecund.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fecundity

   Fecundity, derived from the word fecund, generally refers to the ability to reproduce. In demography, fecundity is the potential reproductive capacity of an individual or population. In biology, the definition is more equivalent to fertility, or the actual reproductive rate of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes, seed set, or asexual propagules. This difference is because demography considers human fecundity which is often intentionally limited, while biology assumes that organisms do not limit fertility. Fecundity is under both genetic and environmental control, and is the major measure of fitness. Fecundation is another term for fertilization. Superfecundity refers to an organism's ability to store another organism's sperm and fertilize its own eggs from that store after a period of time, essentially making it appear as though fertilization occurred without sperm. Fecundity is important and well studied in the field of population ecology. Fecundity can increase or decrease in a population according to current conditions and certain regulating factors. For instance, in times of hardship for a population, such as a lack of food, juvenile and eventually adult fecundity has been shown to decrease.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fecundity in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fecundity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fecundity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fecundity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fecundity
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fecundity
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fecundity