Assortative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by assorting. not-comparable

    "Assortative interactions can generate highly nonrandom variation among groups."

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"Assortative interactions can generate highly nonrandom variation among groups."

Etymology

From assort + -ative.

Related phrases

assortative matingassortative pairing

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