aridity
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ar·id
(ăr′ĭd)adj.
1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.
2. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull: a technically perfect but arid musical performance.
a·rid′i·ty (ə-rĭd′ĭ-tē), ar′id·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | aridity - the quality of yielding nothing of value quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare poorness - less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" unproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce |
2. | aridity - a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) |
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Translations
قُحولَه، جَفاف
suchostvyprahlost
tørhedufrugtbarhed
òurrkur
çoraklıkkuraklık
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aridity
n (of countryside, soil) → Dürre f; (of climate) → Trockenheit f, → Aridität f (spec); (fig: of subject) → Trockenheit f, → Nüchternheit f; (of existence) → Freudlosigkeit f, → Öde f
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arid
(ˈӕrid) adjective dry. The soil is rather arid.
aˈridity nounˈaridness noun
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