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heritability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
her-i-tabil-i-ty
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being inheritable

Uncountable

noun

The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

heritabilities (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudoheritability

Synonyms

inheritability

Antonyms

environmentability

Questions

What does heritability mean?
The condition of being inheritable

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