abundance (redirected from Abundancy)

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

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Abundance

See also Fertility.

Amalthea’s

horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19]

cornucopia

conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65]

Copia

goddess of abundance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65]

Cubbins, Bartholomew

head sports abundant supply of hats. [Children’s Lit.: The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins]

Dagon

(Dāgan) fish-corn god symbolizing fertility and abundance. [Babyl. Myth.: Parrinder, 72; Jobes, 410]

Daikoku

god has inexhaustible sack of useful articles. [Jap. Myth.: LLEI, I: 325]

Dhisana

Vedic goddess of abundance. [Hinduism: Jobes, 439]

Doritis

epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “bountiful.” [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25]

Goshen

Egyptian fertile land; salvation for Jacob’s family. [O.T.: Genesis 46:28]

land of milk and honey

land of fertility and abundance. [O.T.: Exodus 3:8, 33:3; Jeremiah 11:5]

Thanksgiving Day

American holiday celebrating abundant harvest; originally observed by Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: NCE, 2726]

wheat ears, garland of

symbol of agricultural abundance and peace. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 374]