潜性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潜	性
せん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
潛性 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”). Compare 潜在(せんざい) (senzai).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんせー [sèńséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

潜(せん)性(せい) • (sensei) ^{←せんせい (sensei)^?}

(biology, genetics) [since 2017] recessiveness
(by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility

Synonyms

(until 2017) 劣性(れっせい) (ressei, “recessiveness”)

Antonyms

(until 2017) 優性(ゆうせい) (yūsei, “dominance”)
(since 2017) 顕性(けんせい) (kensei, “dominance, apparency”)

References

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