Succession - Definition
succession
n 1: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor
saw a sequence of patients" [syn: sequence,
chronological sequence, succession, successiveness,
chronological succession]
2: a group of people or things arranged or following in order;
"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession
of failures"
3: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in
sequence" [syn: succession, 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
[syn: succession, ecological succession]
5: acquisition of property by descent or by will [syn:
succession, taking over]