fertility

Plural: fertilities

Noun

• the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
• the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
• the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
• The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
• The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
• The average number of births per woman within a population.

Examples

• Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

Synonyms

birth rate, birthrate, fecundity, fertility rate, natality, prolificacy, rankness, richness, fertileness

Antonyms

infertility