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 Definitions of Heredity  [əˈrɛd ɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'Heredity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) heredity
the passing on of characters or traits from parents to offspring as a result of the transmission of genes.

2.  heredity
the genetic characters so transmitted.

3.  heredity
the characteristics of an individual that are considered to have been passed on by the parents or ancestors.

Etymology:  (1530–40; < MF heredite < L hērēditās inheritance =hērēd-, s. of hērēsheir+-itās -ity)

Definition of 'Heredity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) heredity
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

2. (noun) heredity, genetic endowment
the total of inherited attributes
Definition of 'Heredity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Heredity
hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis
Definition of 'Heredity' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Heredity
The transmission of traits encoded in GENES from parent to offspring.
Translation of 'Heredity' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the passing on of qualities (eg appearance, intelligence) from parents to children.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorerwing, erflikheid Arabic flag Arabic: وراثَه، إنتقال الصفات من Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: наследственост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: hereditariedade Czech flag Czech: dědičnost German flag German: die Vererbung
Danish flag Danish: arv; arvelighed Greek flag Greek: κληρονομικότητα Spanish flag Spanish: herencia
Estonian flag Estonian: pärilikkus Farsi flag Farsi: انتقال موروثی Finnish flag Finnish: perinnöllisyys
French flag French: hérédité Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹרָשָה Hindi flag Hindi: आनुवंशिकता
Croatian flag Croatian: nasljede, nasljednost Hungarian flag Hungarian: (át)öröklés Indonesian flag Indonesian: keturunan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ættgengi, erfð Italian flag Italian: eredità Japanese flag Japanese: 遺伝
Korean flag Korean: 유전 형질 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paveldimumas Latvian flag Latvian: iedzimtība
Malay flag Malay: keturunan Dutch flag Dutch: erfelijkheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: arvelighet
Polish flag Polish: dziedziczność Persian flag Persian: انتقال موروثی Pashto flag Pashto: ميراث ، وراثت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: hereditariedade Romanian flag Romanian: ereditate Russian flag Russian: наследственность
Slovak flag Slovak: dedičnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: dednost Serbian flag Serbian: nasleđe
Swedish flag Swedish: ärftlighet Thai flag Thai: การถ่ายทอดทางพันธุกรรม Turkish flag Turkish: kalıtım, soya çekim, irsi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 遺傳 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спадковість Urdu flag Urdu: ذہنی یا جسمانی خصوصیات کا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính di truyền Chinese flag Chinese: 遗传

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