transcription, транскрипция: [ sək-ˈse-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin succession-, successio, from succedere
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne
b. : the right of a person or line to succeed
c. : the line having such a right
2.
a. : the act or process of following in order : sequence
b.
(1) : the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both
(2) : the act or process of a person's becoming beneficially entitled to a property or property interest of a deceased person
c. : the continuance of corporate personality
d. : unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment
3.
a. : a number of persons or things that follow each other in sequence
b. : a group, type, or series that succeeds or displaces another
• suc·ces·sion·al -ˈsesh-nəl, -ˈse-shə-n ə l adjective
• suc·ces·sion·al·ly adverb