mid-parentn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdˌpɛːrənt/,

/ˈmɪdˌpɛːrn̩t/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌpɛr(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., parent n.

Etymology: < mid adj. + parent n.

Cultural Anthropology and Genetics.

Originally: a hypothetical parent of composite sex whose height is the average of the actual height of the father, and the height of the mother multiplied by the ratio of male to female height in the population. Later: a notional individual having the value of some property or trait equal to the average of the value of each parent.

ΚΠ

1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1212 A mean regression from 1 in the mid-parents to ⅔ in the offspring would indicate [etc.].

1889 F. Galton Nat. Inheritance 87 The word ‘Mid-Parent’..expresses an ideal person of composite sex, whose Stature is half way between the Stature of the father and the transmuted Stature of the Mother.

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 572 By the law of reversion to the mid-parent type, we should expect the half-breeds to fluctuate about the mid-line between the races.

1927 School & Society 26 55/2 (table) Correlation between education of parents and IQ of offspring... Father... Mother... Mid parent.

1954 Jrnl. Educ. Psychol. 45 4 The z-correlations are based on r's between the midparent education (average of the years of schooling completed by mothers and fathers) and the children's mental test sigma scores.

1985 Japanese Jrnl. Crop Sci. 54 387 The means of tuber yield and starch yield were lower than those of the mid-parents.

1996 Jrnl. Hort. Sci. 71 909 In a trial of Romanesco cauliflower inbred lines, hybrids and controls, differences between mean performance of hybrids and their mid-parents demonstrated heterosis.

Derivatives

† mid-parentage n. Obsolete rare derivation or descent from a hypothetical mid-parent.

ΚΠ

1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1209 By the use of this word [sc. ‘deviate’] and that of ‘mid-parentage’, we can define the law of regression very briefly.

1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1209 The offspring of similar mid-parentages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-parent
释义	mid-parentn. Brit. /ˈmɪdˌpɛːrənt/, /ˈmɪdˌpɛːrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌpɛr(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., parent n. Etymology: < mid adj. + parent n. Cultural Anthropology and Genetics. Originally: a hypothetical parent of composite sex whose height is the average of the actual height of the father, and the height of the mother multiplied by the ratio of male to female height in the population. Later: a notional individual having the value of some property or trait equal to the average of the value of each parent. ΚΠ 1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1212 A mean regression from 1 in the mid-parents to ⅔ in the offspring would indicate [etc.]. 1889 F. Galton Nat. Inheritance 87 The word ‘Mid-Parent’..expresses an ideal person of composite sex, whose Stature is half way between the Stature of the father and the transmuted Stature of the Mother. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 572 By the law of reversion to the mid-parent type, we should expect the half-breeds to fluctuate about the mid-line between the races. 1927 School & Society 26 55/2 (table) Correlation between education of parents and IQ of offspring... Father... Mother... Mid parent. 1954 Jrnl. Educ. Psychol. 45 4 The z-correlations are based on r's between the midparent education (average of the years of schooling completed by mothers and fathers) and the children's mental test sigma scores. 1985 Japanese Jrnl. Crop Sci. 54 387 The means of tuber yield and starch yield were lower than those of the mid-parents. 1996 Jrnl. Hort. Sci. 71 909 In a trial of Romanesco cauliflower inbred lines, hybrids and controls, differences between mean performance of hybrids and their mid-parents demonstrated heterosis. Derivatives † mid-parentage n. Obsolete rare derivation or descent from a hypothetical mid-parent. ΚΠ 1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1209 By the use of this word [sc. ‘deviate’] and that of ‘mid-parentage’, we can define the law of regression very briefly. 1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1209 The offspring of similar mid-parentages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
随便看	to measure up to measure up to to measure with the long ell to meddle and muddle to medes to meditate the muse to meed to meeding to meek one's heart, soul, mind to meeken one's mind to meet a etc in the face to meet a person in the face to meet a person's etc to meet a person's expectation to meet a person's expectations to meet a person's eye to meet a person's gaze to meet and greet to meet another in the mouth to meet at hard edge to meet cute to hold the sack to hold the scales even or equally to hold the sceptre, the reins, the plough to hold the scrimmage