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单词 hereditariness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
he•red•i•tar•y /həˈrɛdɪˌtɛri/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Geneticspassing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to young through the genes:a hereditary disease.
  2. of or relating to inheritance:a hereditary title.
  3. existing because of tradition:[before a noun]hereditary enemies for centuries.
he•red•i•tar•i•ly /hərɛdɪˈtɛrəli/USA pronunciation  adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
he•red•i•tar•y  (hə redi ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Geneticspassing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes:Blue eyes are hereditary in our family.Cf. congenital.
  2. of or pertaining to inheritance or heredity:a hereditary title.
  3. existing by reason of feeling, opinions, or prejudices held by predecessors:a hereditary enemy.
  4. Law
    • descending by inheritance.
    • transmitted or transmissible in the line of descent by force of law.
    • holding title, rights, etc., by inheritance:a hereditary proprietor.
  5. [Math.]
    • Mathematics(of a collection of sets) signifying that each subset of a set in the collection is itself a set in the collection.
    • Mathematicsof or pertaining to a mathematical property, as containing a greatest integer, applicable to every subset of a set that has the property.
  • Latin hērēditārius relating to inheritance, equivalent. to hērēdit(ās) inheritance, heredity + -ārius -ary
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English
he•red•i•tar•i•ly  (hi red′i târə lē, -redi ter′-),USA pronunciation adv.  he•redi•tar′i•ness, n. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See innate. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ancestral, traditional.

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