Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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linkage | Yes | No | No | No |
inheritance | Yes | No | No | No |
linkage (noun) | inheritance (noun) |
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the act of linking things together | hereditary succession to a title or an office or property |
a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion | any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors |
(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
an associative relation | that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner |