rarity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rarity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rarity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rarity n noteworthy scarcity [syn: rarity, rareness, infrequency] a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" Synonym(s): rarity, tenuity, low density something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting Synonym(s): curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rarity \Rar"ity\, n.; pl. {Rarities}. [L. raritas: cf. F. raret[82]. See {Rare}.] 1. The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity* (contrasted with the density) of gases.