Definition of "abundances" []

• Plural form of abundance. (noun)

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• "Eleanor Lightwood deserted her husband in 1788 because he was “an ugly little fellow,” and “she saw a number of faces that she liked abundances better.”"
• "Since you are such a specialist on planetary nebulae, would you care to comment on the following table comparing logarithmic abundances of elements of nebula M1-1 and the Sun?"
• ""They are functionally extinct -- in that they lack any significant ecosystem role and remain at less than one percent of prior abundances in many bays (37 percent) and ecoregions (28 percent) -- particularly in North America, Australia and Europe.""