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prepotency

prepotency noun: the quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Noun

prepotency (countable and uncountable, plural prepotencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
  2. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.

Forms of prepotency

pluralprepotencies

Origin of prepotency

From pre- + potency.

Questions about prepotency

What does prepotency mean?
Prepotency means the quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
What part of speech is prepotency?
Prepotency is a noun.
What is the plural of prepotency?
The plural of prepotency is prepotencies.

Words near prepotency in the dictionary

  1. prepostors
  2. prepotato
  3. prepotence
  4. prepotences
  5. prepotencies
  6. prepotency
  7. prepotent
  8. prepotential
  9. prepotentials
  10. prepotently
  11. prepped

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