顕性

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
顕	性
けん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顯性 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 顕(けん) (ken, “apparent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”). Compare 顕在(けんざい) (kenzai).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんせー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

顕(けん)性(せい) • (kensei) ^{←けんせい (kensei)^?}

(biology, genetics, since 2017) dominance
(by extension): apparency, visibility

Synonyms

(until 2017) 優性(ゆうせい) (yūsei, “dominance”)

Antonyms

(until 2017) 劣性(れっせい) (ressei, “recessiveness”)
(since 2017) 潜性(せんせい) (sensei, “recessiveness, latency”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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