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abundance 1. Chem the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage 2. Physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage 3. a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks Abundance See also Fertility. Amalthea’s horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19] conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65] goddess of abundance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65] head sports abundant supply of hats. [Children’s Lit.: The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins] (Dāgan) fish-corn god symbolizing fertility and abundance. [Babyl. Myth.: Parrinder, 72; Jobes, 410] god has inexhaustible sack of useful articles. [Jap. Myth.: LLEI, I: 325] Vedic goddess of abundance. [Hinduism: Jobes, 439] epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “bountiful.” [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25] Egyptian fertile land; salvation for Jacob’s family. [O.T.: Genesis 46:28] land of fertility and abundance. [O.T.: Exodus 3:8, 33:3; Jeremiah 11:5] American holiday celebrating abundant harvest; originally observed by Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: NCE, 2726] symbol of agricultural abundance and peace. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 374] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens"; and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest. Healths were drunk, in sufficient abundance to guarantee all the guests a lifetime of centuries. Here are children in abundance, and what benefit could have accrued to me from his purchasing Vernon? |
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