Descendency

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of descendence. uncountable

    "The tool performs a descendency check to ensure the object is in fact a descendant before allowing the operation to proceed."

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"The tool performs a descendency check to ensure the object is in fact a descendant before allowing the operation to proceed."

Etymology

From descend + -ency.

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