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Definitions: Heredity |
HeredityNoun1. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next. 2. The total of inherited attributes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "heredity" was first used: 1540. (references) |
Etymology: Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, noun. [Latin expression hereditas heirship.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
19th Century Satire | The cause of all our faults. From Fr. here, wretch, and Eng. ditty, song. The song of the wretched. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Health | 1. the genetic transmission of a particular quality or trait from parent to offspring. 2. the genetic constitution of an individual. (references) |
Medicine | The derivation of characters from parents and ancestors. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: HereditySynonym: genetic endowment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Effect | Production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premices premises. |
Life | Genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production). |
Posterity | Child, son, daughter; butcha; bantling, scion; acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch; off-shoot, off-set; ramification; descendant; heir, heiress; heir-apparent, heir-presumptive; chip off the old block; heredity; rising generation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Heredity |
| English words defined with "heredity": alopecia ♦ Biophor Biophore ♦ caste system ♦ familial, Francis Galton ♦ Galton, gene, genetic, genetic science, genetics ♦ hereditary, hereditary pattern ♦ inheritance, inherited ♦ Mendel's law, Morgan ♦ Palingenesy, Pangenesis ♦ Sir Francis Galton ♦ Thomas Hunt Morgan, transmissible, transmitted. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "heredity": ANTHROPOLOGIST, PHYSICAL ♦ cytoplasmic heredity ♦ forest genetics ♦ Genes, genetic material ♦ plasmatic heredity. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Heredity (1918) The Power of Heredity (1913) Heredity (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | W. Heston giving an intravenous injection to mice. Heston, around 1944, studied pulmonary tumors and heredity in mice with an attempt to localize tumor susceptibility to specific genes.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Genes are the basic units of heredity. (references) | |
Even so, science shows that heredity is linked to obesity. (references) | ||
Other contributing factors include pregnancy, heredity, aging, and chronic constipation or diarrhea. (references) | ||
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| "Heredity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heredity" is used about 108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 108 | 31,306 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "heredity": cytoplasmic heredity ♦ plasmatic heredity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "heredity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trashëgueshmëri, trashëgim (bequest, descent, devolution, heirship, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجموع الصفات الموروثة, وراثة (bequest, inheritance, succession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | наследственост (inheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遗 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dìdiènost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hereditet (inheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | herediteit, erfelijkheid (coefficient of heritability, heritability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | heredeco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وراثت (Inheritance), تمایل برگشت باصل , توارث , انتقال موروثی , رسیدن خصوصیات جسمی وروحی بارث . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | perinnöllisyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hérédité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | erflikens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vererbung (bequeathing, inheritance, leaving, passing on, transmission), Erblichkeit (hereditability, heritability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κληρονομικότητα (inheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תורשתיות (atavism), תורש" (atavism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | örökség (disinheritance, expectations, heirdom, heritage, inheritance, legacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ereditariet (coefficient of heritability, heritability, inheritance), eredit (entail, heritage, inheritance, legacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 世襲 (heritage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せしゅう (heritage), いで" (inherent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dooghys (instinct, kind, nature, quality, race, sex, species, temper, temperament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | arvelighet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eredityhay hereditariedade (herein, heritability, inheritance), hereditário (ancestral, descendable, hereditary, heritable, inheritable, inheritance, inheritor). (various references) ereditate (heirship). (various references) наследственность (inheritance, strain). (various references) dùthchas (hereditary right or, nativity). (various references) naslednost (inheritance). (various references) herencia (Apanage, appanage, bequeathing, dower-chest, estate, heirdom, heirloom, heritage, inheritance). (various references) ärftlighet (inheritance). (various references) การถ่ายทอ"ทางพันธุกรรม. (various references) soydan geçen özellik, soyaçekim (genetic, inheritance), kalıtım, ırsiyet. (various references) успадковані риси, спадковість (inheritance, strain). (various references) tính di truyền (hereditariness), sự di truyền. (various references) etifeddeg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hereditas. (various references) |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "heredity" (pronounced here"dutē) |
| 4 | -d u t ē | absurdity, acidity, commodity, fluidity, humidity, illiquidity, liquidity, lividity, morbidity, nudity, oddity, rapidity, rigidity, solidity, stupidity, superfluidity, timidity, turbidity, validity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-i-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: diether, dithery. | |
-2 letters: dieter, dither, either, heired, reedit, retied, tiered. | |
-3 letters: deity, deter, dirty, eider, ether, eyrie, heder, hider, hired, ither, redye, reedy, retie, their, there, third, three, tired, treed, tried, tyred, yirth. | |
-4 letters: deer, deet, dere, diet, dire, dirt, dite, dree, dyer, edit, eery, eide, eyed, eyer, eyre, heed, heir, herd, here, hide, hied, hire, hyte, ired, rede, reed, rete, ride, rite, teed, thee, they, thir, tide, tidy, tied, tier, tire, tree, trey, tyee, tyer, tyre, yeti, yird. | |
-5 letters: dee, dey, die, dit, dry, dye, edh, ere, eth, eye, her, het, hey, hid, hie, hit, ire, red, ree, rei, ret, rid, rye, ted, tee, the, thy, tie, try, tye, yeh, yet, yid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-h-i-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hereditary. | |
+3 letters: hemihydrate. | |
+4 letters: bigheartedly, hemihydrated, hemihydrates, hereditarily, heterodyning, heteroploidy, hyperexcited, methysergide, pteridophyte, rehypnotized. | |
+5 letters: dryopithecine, foresightedly, hydroelectric, hyperinflated, hypertrophied, kindheartedly, methysergides, nearsightedly, nonhereditary, pteridophytes, resynthesized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 65 64 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. . -.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r e d i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 0065 0064 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271847170758691 |
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