LINEBREEDING

Meaning of LINEBREEDING in English

/luyn"bree'ding/ , n. Genetics.

a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.

[ 1875-80, Amer.; LINE 1 + BREEDING ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LINEBREEDING — noun Date: circa 1879 the interbreeding of individuals within a particular line of descent usually to perpetuate desirable characters, linebred …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LINEBREEDING — -diŋ noun Etymology: line (III) + breeding : the breeding of individuals within a particular line of descent: a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINEBREEDING — noun Date: circa 1879 : the interbreeding of individuals within a particular line of descent usually to perpetuate desirable characters …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LINEBREEDING — [line.breed.ing] n (ca. 1879): the interbreeding of individuals within a particular line of descent usu. to perpetuate desirable characters -- …
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LINEBREEDING — линейное разведение
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LINEBREEDING — линейное разведение
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LINEBREEDING — Pronunciation: - ˌ br ē -di ŋ Function: noun Date: circa 1879 : the interbreeding of individuals within a particular …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LINEBRED — adjective see: linebreeding
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INBREEDING — Mating of closely related individuals. The opposite is outbreeding, the mating of unrelated organisms. Inbreeding is useful in keeping desirable …
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LINEBRED — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from past participle of linebreed : produced by or subjected to linebreeding II. noun ( -s …
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LINEBREED — ˈlīnˌbrēd verb Etymology: back-formation from linebreeding intransitive verb : to practice linebreeding transitive verb : to interbreed by linebreeding : …
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INBREEDING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from gerund of inbreed 1. : the interbreeding of closely related individuals occurring naturally (as in a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINEBRED — /luyn"bred'/ , adj. produced by linebreeding. [ 1890-95; LINE 1 + BRED ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINEBRED — see linebreeding
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INBREEDING
Britannica English vocabulary
INBREEDING — n. Mating of closely related individuals. The opposite is outbreeding, the mating of unrelated organisms. Inbreeding is useful in keeping …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PROPAGATION — Synonyms and related words : airing, attenuation, bandying, begetting, book, breeding, broadcast, broadcasting, bruiting, bruiting about, circulation, circumfusion, crossbreeding, diffraction, …
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PROLIFERATION — Synonyms and related words : access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, begetting, …
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PROCREATION
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MULTIPLICATION — Synonyms and related words : access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, approximation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, …
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GENERATION — Synonyms and related words : Platonic year, abiogenesis, aeon, age, age group, annus magnus, archigenesis, authorship, begetting, beginning, biogenesis, birth, …
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BREEDING — Synonyms and related words : alpha decay, animal husbandry, animal rearing, apprenticeship, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, basic …
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ЛИНЕЙНОЕ РАЗВЕДЕНИЕ — 1) line breeding 2) linebreeding
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