additivity

additivity
The quality or state of being additive.
- causal a. the relationship between two or more causal components such that their combined effect is the algebraic sum of their individual effects.
- interlocal a. the relationship among quantitative effects of different genetic loci such that their joint effect is equal to the sum of their individual effects; an absence of epistasis or interaction.
- intralocal a. the relationship between alleles such that the quantifiable phenotype of the heterozygote is at the midpoint between those for the two homozygotes; an absence of dominance.

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  • additivity of the energy — energijos adityvumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. additivity of the energy vok. Additivität der Energie, f rus. аддитивность энергии, f pranc. additivité de l’énergie, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • additivity condition — adityvumo sąlyga statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. additivity condition vok. Additivitätsbedingung, f rus. условие аддитивности, n pranc. condition d’additivité, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • additivity — noun see additive I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • additivity — See additively. * * * …   Universalium

  • additivity — noun a) The property of being additive b) The extent to which something is additive …   Wiktionary

  • additivity — ad·di·tiv·i·ty …   English syllables

  • additivity — ˌadəˈtivəd.ē noun ( es) : the quality or state of being additive …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Sigma additivity — In mathematics, additivity and sigma additivity of a function defined on subsets of a given set are abstractions of the intuitive properties of size (length, area, volume) of a set. Contents 1 Additive (or finitely additive) set functions 2 σ… …   Wikipedia

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