aridity
1Aridity — A*rid i*ty, n.; pl. {Aridities}. [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.… …
2aridity — (n.) 1590s, from M.Fr. aridité or directly from L. ariditatem (nom. ariditas) dryness, from aridus (see ARID (Cf. arid)). The Latin word was used figuratively of unadorned styles as well as stingy men …
3aridity — arid ► ADJECTIVE 1) very dry; having little or no rain. 2) uninteresting; unsatisfying. DERIVATIVES aridity noun aridly adverb aridness noun. ORIGIN Latin aridus, from arere be dry or parched …
4Aridity index — An aridity index (AI) is a numerical indicator of the degree of dryness of the climate at a given location. A number of aridity indices have been proposed (see below); these indicators serve to identify, locate or delimit regions that suffer from …
5aridity — noun see arid …
6aridity — See arid. * * * …
7aridity — noun A long term lack of rainfall or moisture …
8aridity — a·rid·i·ty || æ rɪdÉ™tɪ n. dryness; barrenness …
9aridity — n. 1. Dryness, aridness, parchedness, siccity, want of moisture, sterility, barrenness, unfertility. 2. Dryness, want of interest, dulness, pointlessness, jejuneness, unsuggestiveness, barrenness, infecundity, sterility. 3. Dulness, insensibility …
10aridity — n 1. aridness, parchedness, extreme dryness, dehydration, evaporation, desiccation; torridity, torridness. 2. barrenness, unproductivity, unproductiveness, sterility, sterileness; infertility, infertileness, unfertili ty, unfruitfulness,… …
