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Fertility

//fɝˈtɪləti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition, or the degree, of being fertile. uncountable

    "Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil."

  2. 2
    the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth wordnet
  3. 3
    The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year. countable
  4. 4
    the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring wordnet
  5. 5
    The average number of births per woman within a population. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

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