reversion
英 [rɪ'vɜːʃ(ə)n]
美[rɪ'vɝʒən]
- n. 逆转；回复；归还；[遗] 隔代遗传；[法] 继承权
英语释意
- 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