anlage

(än'lä'gə)

1. Biology. The initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a part or an organ develops; primordium.
2. A genetic predisposition to a given trait or personality characteristic.
3. A fundamental principle; the foundation for a future development.

[German, fundamental principle, from Middle High German anlāge, request : ane-, on (from Old High German ana-) + lāge, act of laying (from Old High German lāga).]

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1. The initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a part or an organ develops; primordium.
2. A genetic predisposition to a given trait or personality characteristic.

Pl. anlagen [Ger.] primordium.

The first cells in the embryo that form any distinct part or organ of the body.

Anlage is an English borrowed term of German origin (English: establishing/preparing something for development) that may refer to:

• Anlage, a German surname that spread to Ireland and then the Americas.
• Anlage (biology)
• Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage
• Prüffeld-Anlage Raderach, a WWII liquid oxygen plant (900 tons/month), code named "Porcelain Factory" and located at the hamlet of Raderach near Friedrichshafen, for V-2 rocket testing.^[1]

References

1. ^ Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. p. 95,99. ISBN 1894959000. 

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