successional

successional
succession ► NOUN 1) a number of people or things following one after the other. 2) the action, process, or right of inheriting an office, title, etc. 3) Ecology the process by which a plant community successively gives way to another until stability is reached.
● in quick succession — Cf. ↑in quick succession
● in succession — Cf. ↑in succession
DERIVATIVES successional adjective.

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  • Successional — Suc*ces sion*al, a. Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. Successional teeth. Flower. {Suc*ces sion*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • successional speciation — successional speciation. См. анагенез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • successional speciation — successional speciation. = anagenesis (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • successional — adjective see succession …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • successional — See succession. * * * …   Universalium

  • successional — adjective Of, related to or caused by succession …   Wiktionary

  • successional — suc·ces·sion·al (sək seshґən əl) [L. succcessus, past part. of succedere to follow] pertaining to that which follows in order or sequence …   Medical dictionary

  • successional — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Following one after another in an orderly pattern: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, subsequent, successive. See PRECEDE, TIME …   English dictionary for students

  • successional — adj. of or pertaining to a succession; continuous, following one after another, sequential …   English contemporary dictionary

  • successional — suc·ces·sion·al …   English syllables

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