he|red|i|ty

he|red|i|ty
he|red|i|ty «huh REHD uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. the fact that one generation of plants and animals produces the next.
2. the passing of physical or mental characteristics from one generation of plants or animals to the next: »

It has long been known that heredity is determined by the chromosomes, the threadlike bodies in the nucleus of the cell, and by their subunits the genes (Scientific American).

3. the qualities of body and mind that have come to a child from its parents: »

His father was a very gentle man and so it was not in the son's heredity to resort to outbursts of temper.

SYNONYM(S): heritage.
4. the tendency of offspring to be like the parents: »

Variation, then, is quite as universal a fact in life as is heredity, and both are significant in understanding man (Beals and Hoijer).

╂[< Latin hērēditās heirship < hērēs, -ēdis heir]

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