heredity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
Related & opposite
- hereditary derivation
Sense 2 noun
the total of inherited attributes
Types & categories
- property hypernym
- hereditary pattern hyponym
Related & opposite
- hereditary derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hereditary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hereditary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | property |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hereditary pattern |