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Succession

noun

A following of one thing after another in time. Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness.

A group of people or things arranged or following in order. "A succession of failures"

The action of following in order. Synonym: sequence.

(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.

Acquisition of property by descent or by will. Synonym: taking over.

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"Succession" Quotes from Famous Books

... longitudinal lines are formed at the north pole, and these proceed to divide, first the darker cells above and afterwards the lighter southern cells, and finally reach the south pole. In this way we get in succession forty, forty-eight, fifty-six, and at last sixty-four cells (I, K). In the meantime, the two hemispheres differ more and more from each other. Whereas the sluggish lower hemisphere long remains at thirty-two cells, ...

— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel

... to see him to-night," Jethro said when he joined the others after fruitlessly waiting for three hours. "He will hardly be likely to visit her two days in succession. He will be more likely to leave her for a week to meditate on the hopelessness of refusing to purchase her liberty at the price of accepting him as her husband. Doubtless he has to-day merely paid a visit ...

— The Cat of Bubastes - A Tale of Ancient Egypt • G. A. Henty

... older one is less readily detected in a comparison of bare plots, though it becomes obvious as soon as one reads the plays. It lies in a more detailed characterization, in a deliberate attempt to humanize the abstractions, in the substitution of something like real conversation for the orderly succession of debating society speeches. The following extracts will illustrate ...

— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne

... advice. Within a day or two he would have arrived at Yucatan; the discovery of Mexico and the other opulent countries of New Spain would have necessarily followed; the Southern Ocean would have been disclosed to him, and a succession of splendid discoveries would have shed fresh glory on his declining age, instead of its sinking ...

— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving

... and variety with every yard. We seemed to ride on a beautiful lake; for the islands lie so close to the mountains in the background, that they look like a continent, and the bays they form like the mouths of rivers. The next moment the scene changes to a succession of lakes, one coming close on the other; and when the ship appears to be hemmed in, a new opening is suddenly presented to the eye behind another island. The islands themselves are of a most varied character: some only consist ...

— Visit to Iceland - and the Scandinavian North • Ida Pfeiffer

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