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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Motion :: Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..
Materialism :: Materialism (n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
Southing :: Southing (n.) Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun..
Alkalescency :: Alkalescency (n.) A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant..
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..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..
Propensity :: Propensity (n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Curvature :: Curvature (n.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point..
Convergency :: Convergency (n.) The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Flesh :: Flesh (n.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality..
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust..
Appetite :: Appetite (n.) Tendency; appetency.
Dizzy :: Dizzy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct..
Xeronic :: Xeronic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance having a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to form its anhydride..
Decisory :: Decisory (a.) Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Flowingness :: Flowingness (n.) Flowing tendency or quality; fluency.
Herpes :: Herpes (n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another..
Affection :: Affection (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency..
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