succession




succession - noun

  • a following of one thing after another in time
  • a group of people or things arranged or following in order
  • the action of following in order
  • (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
  • acquisition of property by descent or by will
  • succession - thesaurus

    sequence   successiveness