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evenness

evenness

3.4
A number that can be divided by two with no remainder
  • noun
  • /ˈiːvənnəs/
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  • In mathematics, evenness is key when determining the divisibility of numbers.

Just as bodies don't have evenness or oddness, except insofar as you're counting them or something like that.

Examples

  • Just as bodies don't have evenness or oddness, except insofar as you're counting them or something like that.

  • Now the main way of shortening them is by using evenness and oddness.

  • In more specific terms, species richness refers to the number of species in an area, and composite diversity refers to measures of species diversity that incorporate not only species number but also how individuals are apportioned among those species (evenness).

    Academic text (2000)
  • Diversity is a function of both richness—the number of species in a given community—and evenness—the distribution of species within trophic levels.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The evenness of the numbers made them easy to group for the calculation.

  • The quality of evenness in the distribution of resources ensured that everyone received their fair share.

Synonyms

parity
vsevenness
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Whether a number is even or odd

is the specific quality of being divisible by two without remainder

Antonyms

oddness
  • Specialized
3.9

When a number cannot be divided evenly by two

Surface Forms

evenness singular
evennesses plural

Morphology

evenness = even (transparent) = even + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'even' producing the quality or state; learners who know 'even' can derive this meaning.

Etymology

The word evenness comes from the old English word even, which meant 'level' or 'equal', and the ending -ness turns that idea into a noun. For numbers, think of two equal parts: an even number can be split into two equal parts with nothing 'left over', so its 'evenness' is being divisible by two.