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Definition of Rarity
1. Noun. Noteworthy scarcity.
Generic synonyms: Scarceness, Scarcity
Derivative terms: Infrequent, Rare, Rare, Rare
2. Noun. A rarified quality. "The tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
Generic synonyms: Denseness, Density
Derivative terms: Rare, Tenuous
3. Noun. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Bric-a-brac, Knickknack, Knickknackery, Nicknack, Whatnot, Collectable, Collectible, Collector's Item, Piece De Resistance, Showpiece
Derivative terms: Curious, Odd, Peculiar, Rare
Definition of Rarity
1. n. The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.
Definition of Rarity
1. Noun. A rare object. ¹
2. Noun. A measure of the scarcity of an object. ¹
3. Noun. (context: of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rarity
1. rareness [n -TIES] - See also: rareness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rarity
Literary usage of Rarity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"Catalogue raisonne de litres difficiles a trouver, David Clement has gone very
minutely into both the causes and the degrees of rarity in books. ..."
2. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Difficulties of the theory of descent with modification—Absence or rarity of
transitional varieties—Transitions in habits of life— Diversified ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Still with all possible allowances, there is no doubt that rarity, the necessary
result of the slow and laborious processes employed, is the chief reason ..."
4. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin (1878)
"Difficulties of ihe theory of descent with modification — Absence or rarity of
transitional varieties — Transitions in habits of life — Diversified habits ..."
5. Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1902)
"CHAPTER VI • DIFFICULTIES OF THE THEORY Difficulties of the theory of descent
with modification—Absence or rarity of transitional varieties—Transitions in ..."
6. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"OF THE rarity OF* THE SPIRIT OF ... sensation is: in this we shall speak of the
rarity of the true spirit of ..."
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