mendelize
mendelize verb: to be inherited according to Mendel's laws.
Verb (1)
mendelize (third-person singular simple present mendelizes, present participle mendelizing, simple past and past participle mendelized)
- To be inherited according to Mendel's laws.
Verb (2) capitalized: Mendelize
Mendelize (third-person singular simple present Mendelizes, present participle Mendelizing, simple past and past participle Mendelized)
- Alternative form of mendelize.
Forms of mendelize
| third-person singular present | mendelizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | mendelizing |
| past participle | mendelized |
| past | mendelized |
| third-person singular present | Mendelizes |
| present participle | Mendelizing |
| past participle | Mendelized |
| past | Mendelized |
Origin of mendelize
From Mendel + -ize, from Gregor Mendel, an Austro-Hungarian priest and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics. Mendel showed that the inheritance of certain traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him.
Questions about mendelize
- What does mendelize mean?
- Mendelize means to be inherited according to Mendel's laws.
- What part of speech is mendelize?
- Mendelize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mendelize?
- The past tense of mendelize is mendelized.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mendelize (page history and authors); Mendelize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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