əˈbəndən(t)s noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English abundaunce, habundaunce, from Middle French abundance, from Latin abundantia, from abundant-, abundans + -ia
1. : a great quantity or amount : large number : plentiful supply
an abundance of water power
illustrated with an abundance of figures and diagrams
— not commonly used of persons
2. : overflowing fullness : great plenty : profusion
the abundance that pours from our factories and our farms — New Republic
the whole bucolic abundance of the well-kept country seat — Vicki Baum
3. : plentiful supply of means or resources : affluence , wealth
a life of abundance
the economics of the new abundance
4. : relative quantity or amount (as with respect to an observed or supposed norm) : degree of plentifulness
information about the abundance of various species
measurements on meteorites also indicate very low abundances of uranium and thorium — H.C.Urey
5. ecology : the relative number of individuals of one kind (as of a species) in an area under consideration