reversion
英[r?'v???(?)n]
美[r?'v???n]
- n. 逆轉(zhuǎn)；回復(fù)；歸還；[遺] 隔代遺傳；[法] 繼承權(quán)
英英釋意
- 1. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- 2. a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- 3. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- 4. turning in the opposite direction
- 5. returning to a former state
- 6. a failure to maintain a higher state