asexual

adj.

1. lacking sexual characteristics or drive.

2. capable of reproduction without fertilization. Asexual reproduction occurs in many plants and in certain animal species, for example, by budding or by forming an entirely new individual from each separate part after it spontaneously breaks up (fragmentation). —asexuality n.

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December 18th 2024

class limit

the uppermost and lowermost values between which lie a range of values constituting a segment or class of a variable: the upper and lower boundaries of a class interval.