productivity
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English productivity From productive + -ity.
- derived from -itebor
- derived from -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor
- derived from *per-der✻
Definitions
The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers
The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
- You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
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The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic…
The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, such as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity; the degree to which such formation happens.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at productivity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at productivity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at productivity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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