Look up: inheritance

1. Inheritance
   [novel] Inheritance is the fourth and final book in the Inheritance Cycle written by American author Christopher Paolini. The Inheritance Cycle was originally intended to be a trilogy, but Paolini has stated that during writing, the length of Brisingr grew, and the book was split into two pa...
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2. Inheritance
   [short story] "Inheritance" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, which was first published in 1947 in New Worlds, no. 3, as by `Charles Willis`. It was subsequently published in the British edition of Astounding Science Fiction in 1949, and as part of a short story collection in Expedition ...
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3. Inheritance
   [TV series] Inheritance was a 1967 Granada produced ITV drama based on a 1932 novel by Phyllis Bentley. The ten-part period drama revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds, a Yorkshire mill owning family from 1812 to 1965. The early part of the series featured the Luddite riots involving ...
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4. inheritance
   [n] - that which is inherited 2. [n] - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents 3. [n] - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors 4. [n] - hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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5. inheritance
   (Learning Modules / Biology / DNA / Glossary) The process by which features are passed on from parent to child, DNA is the molecule that is the inherited material.
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6. inheritance
   The features of an organism are determined by a set of chromosomes. These originate in the parents and are passed on to an offspring during fertilisation. It follows then that since chromosomes are inherited, all the features of an organism must be inherited
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7. Inheritance
   the passing of traits from parent to child through genes
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8. Inheritance
   The acquisition of qualities and characteristics (genetic material) from parents and ancestors
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9. Inheritance
   Inheritance: Not something that is contained in a will, but rather a gene, chromosome or genome that is transmitted from parent to child. The pattern of inheritance is the manner in which a gene is transmitted. For example, the pattern of inheritance may be as an autosomal dominant trait that is transmitted from father or mother to son or daughter.
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10. inheritance
    mechanism that guides description movement from class descriptions to individual descriptions:each object class,e.g.whale,bird,castle,athlete,is described,in part,by a typical instance of the object class,e.g.big,small,old,strong Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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11. Inheritance
    Something you receive from a deceased relative or friend. Inheritances are received free of income tax and capital gains tax and should not be entered on your Tax Return.
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12. inheritance
    Something you receive from a deceased relative or friend. Inheritances are received free of income tax and capital gains tax and should not be entered on your Tax Return.
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13. Inheritance
    In·her'it·ance noun [ Confer Old French enheritance .] 1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. 2. That which is or may be inherited; th...
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14. inheritance
    1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. ... 2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent. 'When the man dies, let...
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15. inheritance
    heritage noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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16. inheritance
    noun (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
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17. inheritance
    noun any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; `my only inheritance was my mother`s blessing`; `the world`s heritage of knowledge`
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18. inheritance
    (in-her´ĭ-tәns) the acquisition of characters or qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. that which is transmitted from parent to offspring; see also entries under character, trait, and gene.
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19. Inheritance
    • (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. • (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent. • (n...
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20. inheritance
    (from the article `valley`) A third explanation for cross-axial drainage is that of inheritance. In this hypothesis, an erosion surface is developed across the structure zone by ...
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21. inheritance
    the devolution of property on an heir or heirs upon the death of the owner. The term inheritance also designates the property itself. In modern ... [25 related articles]
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22. inheritance
    inheritance Lexicomedy: Will-gotten gains.
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23. Inheritance
    [Paolini] ==Track listing== All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima (except where noted). ==Personnel== ==Production== ==Chart positions== ...
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24. Inheritance
    [object-oriented programming] In object-oriented programming (OOP), inheritance is a way to reuse code of existing objects, establish a subtype from an existing object, or both, depending upon programming language support. In classical inheritance where objects are defined by classes, classe...
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25. inheritance
    (programming, object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, the ability to derive new classes from existing classes. A derived class (or 'subclass') inherits the instance variables and methods of the 'base class' (or 'superclass'), and may add new instance variables and methods. New methods may...
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