1. Plural of heritability; the proportion or degree to which a trait or characteristic in a population is determined by genetic factors rather than environmental factors.
Usage: technical; genetics; psychology; commonly used in scientific and educational contexts

Examples

• The heritabilities of intelligence and personality traits have been studied extensively by behavioral geneticists.
• Different traits show varying heritabilities; height has high heritability while language spoken has low heritability.
• Researchers compared the heritabilities of various psychological disorders across different populations.
• The study examined heritabilities of both physical and behavioral characteristics in twins.
• Heritabilities are expressed as percentages or proportions ranging from 0 to 1.
• Scientists must be careful when interpreting heritabilities, as they apply to populations, not individuals.