'Prepotency' definitions:

Definition of 'prepotency'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being predominant over others [syn: predominance, predomination, prepotency]

Definition of 'Prepotency'

From: GCIDE
  • Prepotency \Pre*po"ten*cy\, n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F. pr['e]potence.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. [1913 Webster]

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