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Succession   /səksˈɛʃən/   Listen
Succession

noun
1.
A following of one thing after another in time.  Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness.
2.
A group of people or things arranged or following in order.  "A succession of failures"
3.
The action of following in order.  Synonym: sequence.
4.
(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established.  Synonym: ecological succession.
5.
Acquisition of property by descent or by will.  Synonym: taking over.



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... projected from a Chaos by explosions, that they must have returned again into it from the known laws of gravitation; this however would not happen, if the whole of Chaos, like grains of gunpowder, was exploded at the same time, and dispersed through infinite space at once, or in quick succession, in every possible direction. The same objection may be stated against the possibility of the planets having been thrown from the sun by explosions; and the secondary planets from the primary ones; which will be spoken of ...
— The Botanic Garden - A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation • Erasmus Darwin
... and waved as though pushing forward, at full extent of arm, or whistle a succession of slow blasts means "Extend," "Go farther ...
— Boy Scouts Handbook - The First Edition, 1911 • Boy Scouts of America
... treated as equals, and the free exercise of the Lutheran religion was allowed. Things remained quiet during the reigns of Ferdinand the First and Maximilian the Second; but, in consequence of the disputes, which arose on the succession to the dutchies of Cleves and Juliers, the religious differences broke out with fresh animosity:—the Protestant princes formed a confederacy called the Evangelical Union, and placed, at its head, the Elector Palatine; the Catholics formed ...
— The Life of Hugo Grotius • Charles Butler
... that every misunderstanding with the Government of Great Britain should be amicably and speedily adjusted. It has been the misfortune of both countries, almost ever since the period of the Revolution, to have been annoyed by a succession of irritating and dangerous questions, threatening their friendly relations. This has partially prevented the full development of those feelings of mutual friendship between the people of the two countries so natural in themselves and ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 4 (of 4) of Volume 5: James Buchanan • James D. Richardson
... he spent several winters in succession with his family in Moscow. One time, after a historic concert given by Anton Rubinstein, at which Uncle Seryozha and his daughter had been, he came to take tea with us ...
— Reminiscences of Tolstoy - By His Son • Ilya Tolstoy


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