Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penetrance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: pen-e-trance
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The proportion of individuals carrying a particular variation of a gene that also express an associated trait

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English penetrate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English penetrance From penetrate + -ance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

penetrances (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpenetrance

Frequently Paired Words

penetration expressivity

Questions

What does penetrance mean?: The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power.
Where does penetrance come from?: Etymology tree English penetrate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English penetrance From penetrate + -ance.

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