SUCCESSION

Definition of SUCCESSION

  1. (noun)a following of one thing after another in time
  2. (noun)a group of people or things arranged or following in order
  3. (noun)the action of following in order
  4. (noun)(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
  5. (noun)acquisition of property by descent or by will