polythetic

polythetic
poly·thet·ic (pol″e-thetґik) [poly- + Gr. thetikos fit for placing] denoting a taxonomic group classified on the basis of several characters, as opposed to a monothetic group.

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  • polythetic group — polythetic group. См. политетическая группа. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • polythetic — /pɒliˈθɛtɪk/ (say polee thetik) adjective of or relating to a classification system in which items are classed in terms of characteristic features belonging to particular items in a given class. Compare monothetic …  

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