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prepotency

noun

Etymology

From pre- + potency.

  1. borrowed from potentia
  2. prefixed as prepotency — “pre + potency”

Definitions

  1. The quality or condition of being prepotent

    The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

  2. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit…

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA