Successoral

suc·ces·sor

[suhk-ses-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
2.
a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.

Origin:
1250–1300; < Latin, equivalent to succed-, variant stem of succēdere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; replacing Middle English successour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

suc·ces·sor·al, adjective
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successor (səkˈsɛsə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
2.  logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n′
 
suc'cessoral
 
adj

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successor (səkˈsɛsə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
2.  logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n′
 
suc'cessoral
 
adj

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