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daugh⋅ter

  [daw-ter]
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–noun
1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.
2. any female descendant.
3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church.
4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
5. Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
–adjective
6. Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME doughter, OE dohtor; c. G Tochter, Gk thygátēr, Skt duhitā

Related forms:
daugh⋅ter⋅less, adjective
daugh⋅ter⋅like, adjective
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daugh·ter   (dô'tər)   
n.  
  1. One's female child.
  2. A female descendant.
  3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.
  4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).
  5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.
adj.  
  1. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
  2. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
  3. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.

[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor; see dhugəter- in Indo-European roots.]
daugh'ter·ly adj.
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Daughter

Daugh"ter\, n.; pl. Daughters; obs. pl. Daughtren. [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]68, 245.]

1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

2. A female descendant; a woman.

This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. --Luke xiii. 16.

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. --Gen. xxxiv. 1.

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. --Ruth. i. 11.

4. A term of address indicating parental interest.

Daughter, be of good comfort. --Matt. ix. 22.

Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : daughter
Spanish: hija,
German: die Tochter,
Japanese: 娘
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daughter 
O.E. dohtor, from P.Gmc. *dochter, earlier *dhukter, from PIE *dhugheter (cf. Ger. tochter, Skt. duhitar-, Armenian dustr, O.C.S. dusti, Lith. dukte, Gk. thygater). The modern spelling evolved in southern England, 16c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1daugh·ter
Pronunciation: 'dot-&r
Function: noun
1 a : a human female having the relation of child to a parent b : a female offspring of an animal
2 : an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element daughter ofradium>

Main Entry: 2daughter
Function: adjective
1 : having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter
2 : belonging to the firstgeneration of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication <daughter cell> <daughter chromosomes> <daughter DNAmolecules>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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daughter mathematics, data
(Or "child", "successor") In a tree, a node pointed to by a parent, i.e. another node closer to the root node.
(1998-11-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Daughter

This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20). (3.) Small towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12). (4.) The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22). (5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22). (6.) The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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