hereditivityn.

Brit.

/hᵻˌrɛdᵻˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S.

/həˌrɛdəˈtɪvᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: heredity n., -ive suffix, -ity suffix.

Etymology: < heredity n. + -ive suffix + -ity suffix, originally translating German Erblichkeit (1870 (in the passage translated in quot. 1876) or earlier in sense ‘capacity of an organism to transmit its characteristics to its offspring’; 1839 in sense ‘quality of being hereditary’; late 14th cent. as erflicheyt in sense ‘ability to pass on an office by inheritance’).

Biology. Now rare.

The capacity of an organism to transmit its characteristics to its offspring. Also: the quality of being hereditary; the degree to which a characteristic or condition is hereditary.

ΚΠ

1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation I. viii. 176 Hereditivity [Ger. Erblichkeit] is the power of transmission, the capability of organisms to transfer their peculiarities to their descendants by propagation.

1895 Austral. Med. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 125 We may look to ancestral conditions for explanation of the appearance, distribution, chronicity, hereditivity of conditions of the skin with which man is troubled today.

1974 Soviet Genetics 8 264 (title) The use and methods of determining the coefficient of hereditivity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hereditivity
释义	hereditivityn. Brit. /hᵻˌrɛdᵻˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /həˌrɛdəˈtɪvᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: heredity n., -ive suffix, -ity suffix. Etymology: < heredity n. + -ive suffix + -ity suffix, originally translating German Erblichkeit (1870 (in the passage translated in quot. 1876) or earlier in sense ‘capacity of an organism to transmit its characteristics to its offspring’; 1839 in sense ‘quality of being hereditary’; late 14th cent. as erflicheyt in sense ‘ability to pass on an office by inheritance’). Biology. Now rare. The capacity of an organism to transmit its characteristics to its offspring. Also: the quality of being hereditary; the degree to which a characteristic or condition is hereditary. ΚΠ 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation I. viii. 176 Hereditivity [Ger. Erblichkeit] is the power of transmission, the capability of organisms to transfer their peculiarities to their descendants by propagation. 1895 Austral. Med. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 125 We may look to ancestral conditions for explanation of the appearance, distribution, chronicity, hereditivity of conditions of the skin with which man is troubled today. 1974 Soviet Genetics 8 264 (title) The use and methods of determining the coefficient of hereditivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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