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countergradient

countergradient adjective: describing the differences between genetic and environmental variation.

Adjective

countergradient (not comparable)

  1. Describing the differences between genetic and environmental variation

Noun

countergradient (plural countergradients)

  1. Such a variation

Forms of countergradient

pluralcountergradients

Origin of countergradient

From counter- + gradient.

Questions about countergradient

What does countergradient mean?
Countergradient means describing the differences between genetic and environmental variation.
What part of speech is countergradient?
Countergradient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near countergradient in the dictionary

  1. countergovernance
  2. countergovernances
  3. countergovernment
  4. countergovernmental
  5. countergovernments
  6. countergradient
  7. countergradients
  8. countergrav
  9. countergravity
  10. counterguard
  11. counterguards

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