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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

“It really validates what we felt as exhibitors,” said Gunsky, who is the second-generation owner of the Campbell, Calif.-based chain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Nash's exploration of Irish history also places her in a long tradition of second-generation Irish artists examining their heritage.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

During the first two decades after the war for independence from Britain, large numbers of first- and second-generation Ulster Scots moved westward into the Ohio Valley, western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

By the second generation, researchers found elevated fasting blood sugar in male descendants of the sucralose group and female descendants of the stevia group.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Milleri said a second generation of the products offering better performance would hit markets in mid-September.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 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

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