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- 1. a thing that is inherited: "he came into a comfortable inheritance" Similar
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Therefore, " Inheritance is defined as a mechanism where the sub or child class inherits the properties and characteristics of the super class or other derived classes. It also supports additional features of extracting properties from the child class and using it into other derived classes.
noun. in· her· i· tance in-ˈher-ə-tən (t)s. -ˈhe-rə- Synonyms of inheritance. 1. : something that is or may be inherited. 2. a. : the act of inheriting property. b. : the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. c. : the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations. 3. a. : tradition. b.
INHERITANCE definition: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. Synonyms: bequest, patrimony. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively.
a physical or mental characteristic inherited from your parents, or the process by which this happens: genetic inheritance. A particular gene is responsible for the inheritance of eye color. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Inheritance Definition. Inheritance refers to the process of transmission of genes from parent to offspring. Inheritance is the passing on of genetic traits from parents to their offspring, and these offspring get all the genetic information from their parents.
noun. /ɪnˈherɪtəns/ [countable, uncountable] the money, property, etc. that you receive from somebody when they die; the fact of receiving something when somebody dies. She spent all her inheritance in a year. The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son. She came into (= received) her inheritance at eighteen. Collocations Finance.
