hereditary
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Synonyms: heredity, hereditarily, hereditably, hermitary, hereditas
Antonyms: heredity, hereditarily, hereditably, hermitary, hereditas
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Adjective
- Passed on as an [[inheritance]], by last will or intestate.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's [[descendant]] after that person's death.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the [[gene]]s.
- {{lb|en|math}} Of a [[ring]]: such that all [[submodule]]s of [[projective]] [[module]]s over the ring are also projective.
- {{lb|en|graph theory}} Of a [[property]] of [[graph]]s: such that if ''G'' has the property, so must every [[induced subgraph]] of ''G''.
Noun
- A hereditary ruler; a hereditary [[peer]] in the [[House of Lords]].
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