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• second-generation
  second-generation

  adjective

  being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
• second generation
  second generation

  noun

  offspring of parents born in a given country

second-generation

American  

[sek-uhnd-jen-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˈsɛk əndˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /

adjective

1. being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country.

   the oldest son of second-generation Americans.

2. being the native-born child of naturalized parents.

3. being a revised or improved version of a product, system, service, etc..

   Production has been increased with second-generation robots.

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second generation British  

noun

1. offspring of parents born in a given country

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1. of an improved or refined stage of development in manufacture

   a second-generation robot

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Nearly a decade after Tesla first announced its second-generation Roadster, the company debuted the car in a flashy demo that seemed to challenge the laws of physics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A second-generation musician whose father Robert earned a respectable living as a violinist and teacher in the family’s native Dublin, Field shows evidence of budding talent while still a toddler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Biren completed the design process of its second-generation chip, the BR20X, in August and expects customer adoption test results within the next three to four months, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yet their return has drawn a striking mix of original second-generation fans and younger Gen Z listeners who were barely born when the group debuted.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Eventually a second-generation mission of exploration and colonization would take off toward stars where no one had yet been.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Like many immigrant communities, such as Irish and Italians in the early 20th century, the second generation is doing much better economically than their parents.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

"I simply want to measure, for the first time, whether the equivalence between gravitational and inertial mass also applies to the second generation of particles -- this alone is quite an inspiring piece of work."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Notably two devices aren’t expected to be on the menu: the base model iPhone, along with the second generation of the iPhone Air, which are expected next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The first HBC generation will be available for customer sampling next year, and the second generation will follow in 2028.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

But if they planted seed from that first crop, yields dropped again, since the second generation of corn was not identical to the first.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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