English Dictionary

blood quantum

名詞

アメリカ英語

(US) The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans. For instance, a person who has one parent who is a full-blood Native American and one who has no Native ancestry has a blood quantum of 1/2.

日本語の意味

個人の祖先のうち、完全に登録されたネイティブアメリカンの先祖が占める割合を示す指標。例えば、一方の親が完全なネイティブアメリカンで、もう一方が非ネイティブの場合、血量（血統比率）は1/2となる。 / ネイティブアメリカンとして認定される血統の純度を数値的に表現する尺度。

Her blood quantum is 1/4, meaning she has one-fourth Native American ancestry.

意味（1）

(US) The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans. For instance, a person who has one parent who is a full-blood Native American and one who has no Native ancestry has a blood quantum of 1/2.

blood quantums （ plural ）

blood quanta （ plural ）