Associations to the word «Pedigree»

PEDIGREE, noun. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]

PEDIGREE, noun. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]

PEDIGREE, noun. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]

PEDIGREE, noun. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]

PEDIGREE, noun. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]

PEDIGREE, adjective. Having a pedigree.

PEDIGREE, adjective. Purebred.

PEDIGREE CLAUSE, noun. (US) A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a construction material such as cement must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work.

PEDIGREE CLAUSES, noun. Plural of pedigree clause

PEDIGREE COLLAPSE, noun. (genealogy) The phenomenon in which ancestral inbreeding causes the number of a descendant’s distinct ancestors to be smaller than that predicted by a binary tree (\(\sum_{i=1}^n 2^i\), where \(n\) represents number of generations).

PEDIGREE, noun. The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors".

PEDIGREE, noun. Line of descent of a purebred animal.

PEDIGREE, noun. Ancestry of a purebred animal.

PEDIGREE, adjective. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.