Definition of "productiveness" [productiveness]

• The state of being productive. (noun)

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• "This productiveness is determined by various circumstances, amongst others, by the average amount of skill of the workmen, the state of science, and the degree of its practical application, the social organization of production, the extent and capabilities of the means of production, and by the physical conditions."
• "In other rooms are the stuffed skins of beautiful birds, huge mammals, and collections of rich-colored butterflies and moths – all very hardly defended from the ravenous tropical disintegration, as fierce and implacable as the productiveness is profuse."
• "What we require then is attention to "productiveness" -- a term which employs quality and merit as true yardsticks of effectiveness."