English-Lithuanian translations for hereditary
Definition of hereditary
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
- Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective
- A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords
Examples
- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- hereditary rulers
- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
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