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Heritability

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Heritability is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition of being inheritable.

Meaning

(uncountable) The condition of being inheritable.

More Meanings

  1. (countable, genetics) The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin

Word Forms

Synonyms for heritability

Depending on context, synonyms include inheritability.

inheritability

Antonyms for heritability

Common opposites include environmentability.

environmentability

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inheritance, heredity, hereditability, inheritableness, inheritedness, hereditariness.

inheritanceheredityhereditabilityinheritablenessinheritednesshereditarinessheritablenessnonheritabilityinherencytransmissibilitydescendibilitycoheritabilitylearnabilitypreventabilityheirhoodingenerabilityinbornnessinevitabilityalienabilityallocability

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