Look up: assortment

1. assortment
   [n] - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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2. Assortment
   As·sort'ment (-m e nt) noun [ Confer French assortiment .] 1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes. 2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assort...
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3. assortment
   In genetics, the relationship between nonallelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child more or less independently in accordance with the degree of linkage between the respective loci. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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4. assortment
   mixture noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; `a great assortment of cars was on display`; `he had a variety of disorders`; `a veritable smorgasbord of religions`
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5. assortment
   (ә-sort´mәnt) the random distribution of different combinations of the parental chromosomes to the gametes, each gamete thus containing one chromosome of each homologous pair, but randomly receiving the maternal versus paternal homologue for any pair. independent assortment ...
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6. Assortment
   • (n.) Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes. • (n.) A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted. • (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as...
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7. assortment
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-sōrt′ment Definitions: 1. In genetics, the relationship between nonallelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child more or less independently in accordance with the degree of linkage between the respective loci.
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8. assortment
   A way in which meiosis produces new combinations of genetic information. Paternal and maternal chromosomes line up randomly during synapsis, so each daughter cell is likely to receive an assortment of maternal and paternal chromosomes rather than a complete set from either.
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9. Assortment
   (album) `Assortment` is Atomic Rooster’s first compilation album, issued by Charisma Records in 1974. It is composed of tracks from their first three studio albums. Track listing : `Side one` # "Devil`s Answer" (John Du Cann) 3:29 # "Sleeping for Years" (Du C...
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