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descendency

descendency noun: the property of descendence.

Noun

descendency (uncountable)

  1. The property of descendence.
    • The tool performs a descendency check to ensure the object is in fact a descendant before allowing the operation to proceed.

Origin of descendency

From descend + -ency.

Questions about descendency

What does descendency mean?
Descendency means the property of descendence.
What part of speech is descendency?
Descendency is a noun.

Words near descendency in the dictionary

  1. descended on
  2. descended upon
  3. descendedst
  4. descendence
  5. descendences
  6. descendency
  7. descendent
  8. descendental
  9. descendentalism
  10. descendentalist
  11. descendentalists

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