transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪˈredɪtərɪ ]
adj. 1 (of disease, instinct, etc.) able to be passed down from one generation to another. 2 a descending by inheritance. b holding a position by inheritance. 3 the same as or resembling what one's parents had (a hereditary hatred). 4 of or relating to inheritance. øøhereditarily adv. hereditariness n. [L hereditarius (as HEREDITY)]