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prepotencyenUK
pre·po·ten·cy P0531600 (prē-pōt′n-sē)n.1. The condition of being greater in power, influence, or force than another or others; predominance.2. Genetics The ability of one parent, variety, or strain to transmit individual traits to an offspring, apparently to the exclusion of the other parent, variety, or strain.prepotency (prɪˈpəʊtənsɪ) n1. Also: prepotence the state or condition of being prepotent2. (Genetics) genetics the ability of one parent to transmit more characteristics to its offspring than the other parent3. (Botany) botany the ability of pollen from one source to bring about fertilization more readily than that from other sourcespre•po•ten•cy (priˈpoʊt n si)
n. 1. preeminence; predominance. 2. the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes. [1855–60; < Latin] prepotencythe capacity of one parent to impose its hereditary characteristics on offspring by virtue of its possessing a larger number of homozygous, dominant genes than the other parent. — prepotent, adj.See also: HeredityThesaurus| Noun | 1. | prepotency - the state of being predominant over otherspredominance, predominationascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
prepotencynounThe condition or fact of being dominant:ascendance, ascendancy, dominance, domination, paramountcy, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, supremacy.
prepotencyenUK
prepotency (prē-pōt′n-sē)n.1. The condition of being greater in power, influence, or force than another or others; predominance.2. Genetics The ability of one parent, variety, or strain to transmit individual traits to an offspring, apparently to the exclusion of the other parent, variety, or strain.prepotencyenUK
Synonyms for prepotencynoun the condition or fact of being dominantSynonyms- ascendance
- ascendancy
- dominance
- domination
- paramountcy
- predominance
- preeminence
- preponderance
- preponderancy
- supremacy
Synonyms for prepotencynoun the state of being predominant over othersSynonyms- predominance
- predomination
Related Words- ascendance
- ascendancy
- ascendence
- ascendency
- dominance
- control
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