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successor
[ suhk-ses-er ]
/ səkˈsɛs ər /
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successor
/ (səkˈsɛsə) /
noun
a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
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′
Derived forms of successor
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