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Abundant

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; followed by in, rarely by with. Abundant in goodness and truth.

(Science: mathematics) abundant number, a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. this is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal


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by MrMistery
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