productivity
productivity Lexical Profile
productivity Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or quality of producing something in abundance, or the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.
"Flexible working hours have significantly boosted employee productivity across the entire department."
The rate of production of new biomass by an individual, population, or community within an ecosystem, typically dependent on soil fertility and environmental conditions.
"Tropical rainforests and coral reefs exhibit some of the highest levels of biological productivity on Earth."
The degree to which native speakers of a language actively use a particular grammatical process, affix, or pattern to coin new words and expressions.
"The high productivity of the suffix '-ness' allows English speakers to turn almost any adjective into an abstract noun."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 19th century from 'productive' and the suffix '-ity', ultimately tracing back to the Latin verb 'producere', meaning 'to bring forth' or 'to lead forward'.