recessive
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adjective
1. Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e., when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent. Often contrasted with dominant.
〖通例名詞の前で〗〘生物〙 劣性の〈身体的特質･遺伝子〉(↔ dominant)
2. undergoing an economic recession:
逆行の, 後退する［しがちの］
e.g. the recessive housing market.
3. Phonetics (of the stress on a word or phrase) tending to fall on the first syllable:
〘音声〙 (アクセントが)逆行の
e.g. recessive stress is characteristic of British English.
noun Genetics
a recessive trait or gene.
DERIVATIVES
recessively adverb
recessiveness noun
recessivity |ˌrēˌsesˈivətē| noun
ORIGIN
late 17th century: from recess, on the pattern of excessive.