Definition of tendency

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Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..

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Moment :: Moment (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis..
Cecutiency :: Cecutiency (n.) Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness..
Literalism :: Literalism (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization..
Dissociable :: Dissociable (a.) Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
Determination :: Determination (n.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables..
Hematophilia :: Hematophilia (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.
Inimical :: Inimical (a.) Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant..
Strainable :: Strain (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
Geomalism :: Geomalism (n.) The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation..
Predisposition :: Predisposition (n.) The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger..
Confusive :: Confusive (a.) Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust..
Diffusivity :: Diffusivity (n.) Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium..
Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed..
Exulceratory :: Exulceratory (a.) Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
Propensity :: Propensity (n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
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