inheritance
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/, SAMPA: /In"hEr@t@ns/
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since 1473, from to inherit, itself from Old French enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from Late Latin inhereditare "to appoint as heir," from Latin in- "in" + hereditare "to inherit," from heres (gen. heredis) "heir".
[edit] Noun
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inheritance (countable and uncountable; plural inheritances)
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
- (biology) The hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to their offspring.
- (computing) In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
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[edit] Translations
that which a person in entitled to inherit
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the passing of title to an estate upon death
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the hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to off-spring
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in object-oriented programming, specific properties of child objects
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[edit] References
- “inheritance” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
