inheritabilityn.
/ɪnˌhɛrɪtəˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being inheritable; capability of being inherited.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun] > transmission or passing on > passing on or being passed on from a source > ability to be passed to offspring
hereditariness1640
inheritability1784
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > capability of
hereditariness1640
descendibility1765
heredity1773
inheritableness1780
inheritability1784
hereditability1798
descendability1830
heritability1832
1784 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 337 Such it would be to part with its inheritability, its organization, and its assemblies.
1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 166 The inheritability of morbid tendencies, bodily and mental.
1896 Speaker 28 Mar. 346 He was a signal example of the inheritability of acquired characters.
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