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Latin
Etymology
From recēdō + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
recessīvus (feminine recessīva, neuter recessīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) tending to recede
1727, Juan de Aliaga, Quaest. Commentariae in 1. 2. D. Thomae Angel. Magist. atque Ecclesiae Doctoris etc., volume 2, page 189:non debet absolutè concedi esse causam per se recessus, aversionis, & elongationis à summa bonitate Dei, nisi hæc omnia materialitèr, & concretivè accipiantur […] ut finem ultimum dictis nominibus significata, denominatur motus aversivus, recessivus, &c.- It should not be absolutely admitted as the cause in itself of receding, withdrawing, distancing from the sovereign goodness of God, unless all these are taken materially and concretely as the ultimate end signified by the names mentioned it is termed aversive, recessive, etc., motion.
- (New Latin) recessive (genetics)
1946, Genetica Agraria, volume 1, page 359:sibi proponit studium sub aspectu bio-chemico actionis duorum allelium recessivorum- He proposes the bio-chemical study of the action of two recessive alleles
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants