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Meaning of tendency

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tendency
      n 1: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one
           alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up
           too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn:
           {inclination}, {disposition}, {tendency}]
      2: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
         frivolity" [syn: {leaning}, {propensity}, {tendency}]
      3: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward
         a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline
         inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to
         shrink" [syn: {tendency}, {inclination}]
      4: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the
         shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock
         market" [syn: {tendency}, {trend}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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