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Webster 1913 Edition

Prepotency

Pre-po′ten-cy

,
Noun.
[L.
praepotentia
: cf. F.
prépotence
.]
1.
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prepotency

PREPO'TENCY

,
Noun.
[L. proepotentia; proe and potentia, power.]
Superior power; predominance. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

prepotency

prepotency

English

Noun

prepotency ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prepotencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
  2. (biology) 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.

Translations

References

  • prepotency in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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