Definition of successive

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Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer..

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Croftland :: Croftland (n.) Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised..
Motion :: Motion (n.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts..
Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced..
Develop :: Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year..
Deal :: Deal (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out..
Hop :: Hop (v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do..
Propagation :: Propagation (n.) The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether..
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty..
Cahier :: Cahier (n.) A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation..
Successive :: Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer..
Nebuly :: Nebuly (a.) Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.
Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
Neuvaines :: Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.
Quart :: Quart (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4..
Synodically :: Synodical (a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet..
Graduated :: Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer..
Monotone :: Monotone (n.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch..
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