mid-parentaladj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdpəˈrɛntl/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdpəˈrɛn(t)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., parental adj.

Etymology: < mid adj. + parental adj., after mid-parent n.

Cultural Anthropology and Genetics.

Of or relating to a mid-parent; equal to the average of that of each parent.

ΚΠ

1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1208 The average height of the two parents, or, as I prefer to call it, the ‘mid-parental’ height.

1976 Basic Life Sci. 8 249 With respect to plant height and 1000-kernel weight all F1 combinations deviated from the corresponding midparental values.

1999 Arch. Dis. Childhood 81 257 The heights of 419 representatively sampled children aged 8–9 years were compared with their reported mid-parental heights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-parental
释义	mid-parentaladj. Brit. /ˌmɪdpəˈrɛntl/, U.S. /ˌmɪdpəˈrɛn(t)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., parental adj. Etymology: < mid adj. + parental adj., after mid-parent n. Cultural Anthropology and Genetics. Of or relating to a mid-parent; equal to the average of that of each parent. ΚΠ 1885 F. Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1208 The average height of the two parents, or, as I prefer to call it, the ‘mid-parental’ height. 1976 Basic Life Sci. 8 249 With respect to plant height and 1000-kernel weight all F1 combinations deviated from the corresponding midparental values. 1999 Arch. Dis. Childhood 81 257 The heights of 419 representatively sampled children aged 8–9 years were compared with their reported mid-parental heights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1885
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