recessiveness

adjective

1. tending to go, move, or slant back; receding.
2. Genetics. of or relating to a recessive.
3. Phonetics. (of an accent) showing a tendency to recede from the end toward the beginning of a word.

noun Genetics.

4. that one of a pair of alternative alleles whose effect is masked by the activity of the second when both are present in the same cell or organism.
5. the trait or character determined by such an allele.Compare dominant(def 6).

adjective

1. tending to recede or go back; receding
2. genetics
   1. (of a gene) capable of producing its characteristic phenotype in the organism only when its allele is identical
   2. (of a character) controlled by such a geneCompare dominant (def. 4)
3. linguistics (of stress) tending to be placed on or near the initial syllable of a polysyllabic word

noun

4. genetics
   1. a recessive gene or character
   2. an organism having such a gene or character

adj.

1670s, from Latin recess-, past participle stem of recedere (see recede) + -ive. Linguistics sense is from 1879; in genetics, 1900, from German recessiv (Mendel, 1865). Related: Recessiveness.

adj.

1. Tending to go backward or recede.
2. Of, relating to, or being an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele.
3. Of, relating to, or being a trait expressed only when the determining allele is present in the homozygous condition.

n.

1. A recessive allele or trait.
2. An organism having a recessive trait.

1. Relating to the form of a gene that is not expressed as a trait in an individual unless two such genes are inherited, one from each parent. In an organism having two different genes for a trait, the recessive form is overpowered by its counterpart, or dominant, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes. In humans, lack of dimples is a recessive trait, while the presence of dimples is dominant. See more at carrier inheritance. Compare dominant.