unit character
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of unit character
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Other decals boasted unit character through their fearsome, comical or fanciful logos: thunderbirds, doves, seahorses, wolves, warthogs, lions, tigers, bears, cobras, elephants, alligators, sharks.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2012
In a few cases it is known that immunity or insusceptibility to specific forms of infection is a unit character which follows Mendelian laws in heredity.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.
Why is there such variation in the results produced by a unit character?
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
It is a good example of a unit character.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
The starch-producing unit character, which is active in the ordinary sorts of corns, is therefore latent in sugar-corn.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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