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Prepotency (gcide) | Prepotency \Pre*po"ten*cy\, n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F.
pr['e]potence.]
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1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents,
as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or
her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
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prepotency (wn) | prepotency
n 1: the state of being predominant over others [syn:
predominance, predomination, prepotency] |
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Prepotency (gcide) | Prepotency \Pre*po"ten*cy\, n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F.
pr['e]potence.]
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1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents,
as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or
her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
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