inheritance

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Synonyms: inheritence, heritance, inheritable, inheritances, inhabitance, coinheritance, disheritance, inertance

Antonyms: inheritence, heritance, inheritable, inheritances, inhabitance, coinheritance, disheritance, inertance

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Noun

1. The passing of [[title]] to an [[estate]] upon death.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} That which a person is entitled to [[inherit]], by law or [[testament]], such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
3. {{lb|en|uncountable|especially|linguistics|biology}} The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
4. {{lb|en|biology|[[w:genetic algorithm|genetic algorithm]]s}} The biological [[attribute]]s passed [[hereditarily]] from ancestors to their [[offspring]].
5. {{lb|en|programming|object-oriented}} The mechanism whereby parts of a [[superclass]] are available to instances of its [[subclass]].

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