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assortation

assortation noun: the act of assorting.

Noun

assortation (countable and uncountable, plural assortations)

  1. The act of assorting
    • Contemporary evolutionary ecology identified several factors that increase inclusive fitness, in addition to kin-selection, such as assortation or homophily, and social synergies triggered by cooperation.2015, Klaus Jaffe, “Extended Inclusive Fitness Theory bridges Economics and Biology through a common understanding of Social Synergy”, in arXiv

Forms of assortation

pluralassortations

Words formed from assortation

Questions about assortation

What does assortation mean?
Assortation means the act of assorting.
What part of speech is assortation?
Assortation is a noun.
What is the plural of assortation?
The plural of assortation is assortations.

Words near assortation in the dictionary

  1. assonates
  2. assonating
  3. Assonet
  4. assoon
  5. assort
  6. assortation
  7. assortations
  8. assortative
  9. assortative mating
  10. assortative matings
  11. assortative pairing

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