"recessive" meaning in English

See recessive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recessive.wav Forms: more recessive [comparative], most recessive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From Latin recēdō + -ive, or directly from New Latin recessīvus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|recēdō}} Latin recēdō, {{suf|en||ive}} + -ive, {{bor|en|NL.|recessīvus}} New Latin recessīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} recessive (comparative more recessive, superlative most recessive)
  1. Going back; receding. Translations (in grammar): rezessiv (German)
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  2. (genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait. Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (in genetics): مُتَنَحٍّ (mutanaḥḥin) (Arabic), рецесивен (recesiven) (Bulgarian), recessiu (Catalan), 隱性 /隐性 (yǐnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), recesivní (Czech), recessiv (Danish), récessif (French), rezessiv (German), recesszív (Hungarian), 潜性 (sensei) (Japanese), resesif (Malay), bezîw (Northern Kurdish), recessivo (Portuguese), recesiv (Romanian), recesivo (Spanish), recessiv (Swedish), daigin (Tagalog), lặn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-recessive-en-adj-nEtxsHWH Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'in genetics': 3 67 30
  3. (by extension) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-recessive-en-adj-ELJi6s7c

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recessive.wav Forms: recessives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From Latin recēdō + -ive, or directly from New Latin recessīvus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|recēdō}} Latin recēdō, {{suf|en||ive}} + -ive, {{bor|en|NL.|recessīvus}} New Latin recessīvus Head templates: {{en-noun}} recessive (plural recessives)
  1. (genetics) A gene that is recessive. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-recessive-en-noun-rS2R68MA Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait."
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        "(by extension) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects."
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      "word": "مُتَنَحٍّ"
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      "sense": "in genetics",
      "word": "lặn"
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      "code": "de",
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          "ref": "1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50:",
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