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SUCCESSIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In regular succession without gaps
Example:
serial concerts
Synonyms:
consecutive; sequent; sequential; serial; successive
Classified under:
Similar:
ordered (having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule)
Derivation:
succeed (be the successor (of))
successiveness (a following of one thing after another in time)
Context examples:
The interval between two successive cell divisions during which the chromosomes are not individually distinguishable.
(Interphase Process, NCI Thesaurus)
He had distinguished himself, and early gained the other step in rank, and must now, by successive captures, have made a handsome fortune.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
(Evolution, NCI Thesaurus)
Then there are successive entries that A and B cleared, or left the country, and finally that C was visited, with, I fear, a sinister result for C.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The lamp shining in broad daylight and the remains of powder upon the shield were successive links in a fairly obvious chain.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Agents that are capable of inserting themselves between the successive bases in DNA, thus kinking, uncoiling or otherwise deforming it and therefore preventing its proper functioning.
(DNA Intercalating Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
With each successive iteration, researchers think successor moons would have been five times smaller than the previous moon, with some debris raining down on the Martian surface.
(Mars May Have Had Rings, and May Once Again, VOA News)
Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell.
(Keratinocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
G0 to G1 Phase Arrest consists of interference with, or restraint of, activities that regulate cellular capability to transition from the resting stage (between successive cell divisions) and the initial phase of the cell cycle (Gap 1 phase), preceding DNA synthesis.
(Negative Regulation of G0 to G1 Transition, NCI Thesaurus)
Increasing by successive addition.
(Cumulative, NCI Thesaurus)
