See Also: Nearest-neighbor Query(law)
nearest neighbor frequency(medicine)
Nearest month(finance)
Nearest month(money)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
primogeniture(encyclopedia)
primogeniture(medicine)
primogeniture(dictionary)
primogeniture(dictionary)
PRIMOGENITURE(law)

nearest neighbor frequency (medicine) and primogeniture (sh)


nearest neighbor frequency (medicine)


nearest neighbor frequency


The frequency by which certain types of entities or structures are immediately adjacent to a given structure.


primogeniture (sh)




Preference in inheritance that is given by law or custom to the eldest son and his issue.

The motivation for such a practice has usually been to keep the estate of the deceased, or some part of it, whole and intact, and to acknowledge the importance of age-seniority within the social hierarchy. It is no longer a recognized principle of inheritance in most jurisdictions.