abundance
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- noun
- /əˈbʌndəns/
- Specialized
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abundancia
- No one knows whether they have declined because formal assessments of their abundances were never made.
- relative abundance
- abundance of species
- isotope abundance
They only look at the bulk abundance of the RNAs.
- They only look at the bulk abundance of the RNAs.
- So line strength here corresponds to abundance of magnesium atoms in the outer atmosphere.
- And we, we just found a star that had a very low iron abundance.
- We can ask, is the abundance of elements similar to solar system materials?
- We need to know that these variables are connected together with what we have in terms of the OTU abundances.
- When we first saw the huge abundance of bright early galaxies, many wondered, Oh my goodness, has JWST broken the universe?
Examples
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So here's the abundance of uranium in our earth.
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Changes in the distribution and abundance of species and communities are unlikely to occur at the same rates.
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We can ask, is the abundance of elements similar to solar system materials?
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However, no supportive analysis was given relative to changes in abundance before, during, or after the oil spill.
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So line strength here corresponds to abundance of magnesium atoms in the outer atmosphere.
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Accessing oral traditions introduces scholars to an abundance of critical indigenous knowledge.
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Analysis of the fluorescent signals after hybridization gives information on the abundance of each target in the sample.
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Surprisingly, the abundance of certain circRNAs was 10-fold more than that of associated linear mRNAs.
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The native diadromous fish species were sampled with varying abundances and distributions among 118 sample sites (Table 1, Figure 2).
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Scientists estimate the relative abundance of carbon isotopes in the Earth's atmosphere.
Synonyms
129
4.8
The amount of a substance in something, for example fat or alcohol
101
4.0
Amount of a substance in a liquid or solution
How Common
- Specialized
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6.5
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
abundance = abundant (transparent) = abund + ance
The scientific sense ('proportion present') is a direct application of 'abundant'/'large quantity' and thus derivable from the base.
Etymology
The word abundance comes from the Latin abundare, 'to overflow', from ab- 'from' and unda 'wave', giving the image of plenty. So in science, abundance means how much of an element or a type of atom is present — the amount there.