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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-rey-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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Measuring how muonium behaves under gravity would provide the first test involving a second-generation particle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Scientists from UVM and RS Oncology, working with the University of Leicester and other institutions in the UK, are developing second-generation PRX3 inhibitors with improved solubility.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

She cites a survey, for instance, in which second-generation Nigerian immigrants were asked what being American meant to them: Seventy percent responded that they believed in the American Dream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

France boasted a multicultural squad that represented a diverse nation, with second-generation Algerian immigrant Zinedine Zidane at its heart.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

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

"I think the reason I really came back was those youngsters hanging about the street with no future. It was the second generation who were being lost to the community," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Feldman, Pasadena Playhouse’s artistic director, noted that Eustis represents the second generation of leaders of the “first chapter” of the nonprofit regional theater movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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