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| in·her·i·tance [ in hérrit'nss ] (plural in·her·i·tances) |
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1. law inherited wealth or title: money, property, or a title that has been inherited or is to be inherited
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2. law ownership or succession by heredity: hereditary ownership of wealth or a title, or the succession to wealth or a title
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3. law right to inherit: the right of an heir to inherit wealth or a title when an ancestor dies
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4. heritage: something that is inherited from the past
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5. genetics transmission of genetically controlled characteristics: the transmission of genetically controlled characteristics or qualities from parent to offspring
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6. comput creation of object with same variables: a feature of computer programming whereby a new object can be created from existing objects and, as a consequence of creation, possess the variables and methods of the parent object
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