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English Dictionary: successive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
successive adj in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" Synonym(s): consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Successive \Succes"sive\, a. [Cf. F. successif. See {Succeed}.] 1. 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. Send the successive ills through ages down. --Prior. 2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] --Shak. {Successive induction}. (Math.) See {Induction}, 5.