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successor
Logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or nʹ
successor [sək′ses·ər]
(mathematics)
For a vertexain a directed graph, any vertexbfor which there is an arc betweenaandbdirected fromatob.
For a positive integer,n, the next integer,n+ 1. Also known as consequent.
1.SuccessoR - A language for distributed computing derived from SR.

["SuccessoR: Refinements to SR", R.A. Olsson et al, TR 84-3, U Arizona 1984].
2.successor - daughter
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