fil·i·a·tion /ˌfɪliˈeʃən/
父子關係,分支,起源
Fil·i·a·tion n.
1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
The relation of paternity and filiation. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Law The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.
3. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.
4. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, the filiations are from a common stock.
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filiation
n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the
individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of
descent, lineage]
2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
[syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation]