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rarity

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rarity  \Rar"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Rarities}.  [L.  raritas:  cf  F. 
  raret['e].  See  {Rare}.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  rare  rareness;  thinness; 
  as  the  rarity  (contrasted  with  the  density)  of  gases. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rarity 
  n  1:  noteworthy  scarcity  [syn:  {rareness},  {infrequency}] 
  2:  a  rarified  quality:  "the  tenuity  of  the  upper  atmosphere" 
  [syn:  {tenuity},  {low  density}] 
  3:  something  unusual  --  perhaps  worthy  of  collecting  [syn:  {curio}, 
  {curiosity},  {oddity},  {oddment},  {peculiarity}]




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