hereditary (redirected from hereditariness)

he·red·i·tar·y  (h-rd-tr)

adj.

1. Law

a. Descending from an ancestor to a legal heir; passing down by inheritance.

b. Having title or possession through inheritance.

2. Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring: a hereditary disease.

3.

a. Appearing in or characteristic of successive generations.

b. Derived from or fostered by one's ancestors: a hereditary prejudice.

4. Ancestral; traditional: their hereditary home. See Synonyms at innate.

5. Of or relating to heredity or inheritance.

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[Middle English, from Latin hrditrius, from hrdits, inheritance; see heredity.]

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he·redi·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.

he·redi·tari·ness n.

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hereditary [hɪˈrɛdɪtərɪ -trɪ]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of, relating to, or denoting factors that can be transmitted genetically from one generation to another

2. (Law) Law

a.  descending or capable of descending to succeeding generations by inheritance

b.  transmitted or transmissible according to established rules of descent

3. derived from one's ancestors; traditional hereditary feuds

4. (Mathematics) Maths Logic

a.  (of a set) containing all those elements which have a given relation to any element of the set

b.  (of a property) transferred by the given relation, so that if x has the property P and xRy, then y also has the property P

hereditarily  adv

hereditariness  n

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hereditary  (h-rd-tr)

Passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring by means of genes.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hereditary - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" genetic, inherited, transmitted, familial, transmissible heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
	2.	hereditary - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"

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hereditary

adjective

1. genetic, inborn, inbred, transmissible, inheritable In men, hair loss is hereditary.

2. (Law) inherited, handed down, passed down, willed, family, traditional, transmitted, ancestral, bequeathed, patrimonial hereditary peerages

Translations

hereditary [hɪˈredɪtərɪ] ADJ → hereditario
hereditary disease → enfermedad f hereditaria

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hereditary [hɪˈrɛdɪtəri] adj [disease] → héréditaire

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hereditary

adj factor, characteristic → erblich, angeboren; ruler, title, position, right → erblich; hereditary disease or illness → Erbkrankheit f, → erbliche Krankheit; hereditary peer Peer, der seine Peerswürde geerbt hat; hereditary monarch → Erbmonarch(in) m(f)

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hereditary [hɪˈrɛdɪt/ərɪ] adj → ereditario/a

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hereditary [hɪˈrɛdɪt/ərɪ] adj → ereditario/a

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hereditary → وراثى dědičný arvelig erblich κληρονομικός hereditario perinnöllinen héréditaire nasljedan ereditario 遺伝的な 유전성의 erfelijk arvelig dziedziczny hereditário наследственный ärftlig เป็นกรรมพันธุ์ kalıtsal di truyền 世袭的