noun
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A measure of the scarcity of an object.
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(of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
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A rare object.
Examples of rarity in a Sentence
Crystals are found as a rarity in the amygdaloidal cavities of igneous rocks.
The rarity of any reference to him in contemporary documents makes further specification conjectural.
He is always 1 The drawback to knowledge is the rarity of full acquaintance with native languages.
In Liguria, on account of the comparative rarity of large estates, agricultural laborers are in a better condition.
Of game-birds, the floriken (Sypheotis aurita) is valued as much for its rarity as for the delicacy of its flesh.
The four seasons are distinctly marked, a rarity in South Africa, where the transition from summer to winter is generally very rapid.
We're something of a rarity.
It should be remembered that palaeontology is the most unfavourable field of all for observation and demonstration of sudden saltations or mutations of character, because of the limited materials available for comparison and the rarity of genetic series.
On the other hand, papyri and inscriptions in Latin are of the greatest rarity, and the literary remains in that language are of small ifnportance for Egypt.
It is known to breed in Lapland, but its eggs are of great rarity.
There is not very much variety among these treatises, one of the earliest, valuable on account of its rarity, is the block-book by Hartlieb, Die Kunst Ciromantia, 4 published at Augsburg about 1470 (probably, but it bears no imprint of place or date).
The lack of printed books in the first period of the Revival, and the comparative rarity of Greek erudition among students, combined with the intense enthusiasm aroused for the new gospel of the classics, gave special value to the personal teaching of these professors.
The full descriptions and entries relating to silver spoons in the inventories of the royal and other households point to their special value and rarity.
Evidently the lay assessors were refusing to go along with him, something of a rarity in German law.
Canary diamond engagement rings can be difficult to find because of the gems' rarity, but several famous canary stones keep the public interested in these unusual stones.
Metals were used for money at an early stage of civilization, and are well suited to the purpose, owing to their great intrinsic value and their durability, indestructibility, divisibility and rarity.
The municipal library contains about 2000 manuscripts and 80,000 printed books, some of which are of great rarity.
The change in the use of particles and the comparative rarity of the definite article form, together with the startling divergence in vocabulary, the chief ground of our perplexity" (Church Quarterly Review, 1903, pp. 428 seq.).
The large amount of salt in the water makes both fauna and flora of the lake scanty; there are a few algae, the larvae of an Ephydra and of a Tipula fly, specimens of what seems to be Corixa decolor, and in great quantities, so as to tint the surface of the water, the brine shrimp, Artemia salina (or gracilis or fertilis), notable biologically for the rarity of males, for the high degree of parthenogenesis and for apparent interchangeableness with the Branchipus.
The rubrics of the MSS., it is true, enjoin total immersion, but it only came into general vogue in the 7th century, " when the growing rarity of adult baptism made the Gr.
A great find, and also a rarity here, was a single Red-necked avocet - hundreds of miles beyond its normal range.
A county rarity, fen bedstraw, is also present.
They are more valuable than freshwater pearls for their rarity and high luster.
These plantations are becoming a rarity due to world coffee markets forcing the spread of high tech mass production techniques.
Direct employer support for childcare may remain a rarity.
The wooden bodywork has often not survived all that well, increasing the rarity.
The £ 1 million mortgage, once an extreme rarity, is becoming more commonplace.
Ironically, a real rarity was a Common Starling!
Detailed in situ groundwater remediation technology trials, certainly at a research level, are a rarity in the UK.
Nevertheless, it gives us an idea of the rarity of the condition.
This means that due to the rarity of the disease it has not been possible to obtain complete information on this medicinal product.
It does not accept advertising in its pages, a rarity today.
Gold and silver are real money, subject to no standard except for the preciousness and rarity they possess inherently.
When buying gold coins, you should know that the value is determined by the date, preservation, rarity and collector appeal.
They will even pay for the shipping on any returns, a rarity in the online shopping business.
The royal library contains about 400,000 printed volumes, including one of the largest collections of Bibles in the world, and also about 20,000 MSS., many of great rarity.
We were able to quickly ascertain that there was no known rarity or error.
There's that increasing rarity, a bar billiards table, with a pool table in a separate room at the back.
Clearly Havergate Island has a very important spider fauna with a species content markedly skewed toward rarity.
One peculiarity should be noticed, the rarity of silver Communion flagons, especially in Cumberland, down to recent times.
Stamp duty on UK share transactions, a British rarity, presents a typical quandary.
On any theater trip we take, we usually try to see some rarity or other.
In the late 1980s low-emission types were still a comparative rarity in the UK.
The showy cornfield annuals are now a relative rarity in the wild due to ' advances ' in crop weed control.
It was a pretty decent show altogether with plenty of variety and the odd rarity thrown in.
Over thirty species of moth have been recorded, one of which is a county rarity, the ' Clay ' .
I saw an American (a rarity in Dubai) who had bought some saffron being pressed to buy more.
The rarity of really continuous series has naturally led palaeontologists to support the hypothesis Of brusque transitions of structure.
Again, the materials to build the car are abundant; their cost is high because of technology deficiencies around retrieving and refining them, not an underlying rarity.
Ironically, a real rarity was a Common Starling !