Definition of Sufficiency. Meaning of Sufficiency. Synonyms of Sufficiency

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Definition of Sufficiency

Sufficiency
Sufficiency Suf*fi"cien*cy, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.] 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon Basilike. 3. Adequate substance or means; competence. ``An elegant sufficiency.' --Thomson. 4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. --Sir W. Temple.

Meaning of Sufficiency from wikipedia

- up sufficiency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Sufficiency. Sufficiency may refer to: Logical sufficiency; see...
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- Ecological sufficiency, or simply sufficiency, refers to the concept or strategy to reduce the environmental footprint of societies through moderating...
- In statistics, sufficiency is a property of a statistic computed on a sample dataset in relation to a parametric model of the dataset. A sufficient statistic...
- Self-sustainability and self-sufficiency are overlapping states of being in which a person, being, or system needs little or no help from, or interaction...
- sub-categories), the GaWC cities include additional cities at "High sufficiency" and "Sufficiency" level. GaWC published city classifications in 1998, 2000, 2004...
- Autarky is the characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to societies, communities, states, and their economic systems. Autarky as an ideology...
- This is a 2010 list of major countries by food self-sufficiency rates on a calorie supply basis. Self-sustainability Food security "FAO statistical pocket...
- Sufficiency of disclosure or enablement is a patent law requirement that a patent application disclose a claimed invention in sufficient detail so that...