fecundity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fecundity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fecundity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fecundity n the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination Synonym(s): fecundity, fruitfulness the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring Synonym(s): fertility, fecundity Antonym(s): infertility, sterility the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth Synonym(s): fruitfulness, fecundity Antonym(s): aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fecundity \Fecun"dity\, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. f[82]condit[82]. See {Fecund}.] 1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. 2. The power of germinating; as in seeds. 3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. --Bentley.