Aridity

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of yielding nothing of value wordnet
  3. 3
    a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āriditās (“dryness”); equivalent to arid + -ity.

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