rarity n
1. noteworthy scarcity [syn: rareness, infrequency]
2. a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" [syn: tenuity, low density]
3. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity]

Rarity \Rar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Rarities. [L. raritas: cf. F. raret['e]. See Rare.]
1. The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

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