succession

(n) a following of one thing after another in time
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
chronological sequence, chronological succession, successiveness, sequence,
(n) a group of people or things arranged or following in order
- a succession of stalls offering soft drinks
- a succession of failures
(n) the action of following in order
- he played the trumps in sequence
sequence,
(n) (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 ecological succession,
(n) acquisition of property by descent or by will taking over,

chronological sequence chronological succession successiveness sequence ecological succession taking over

successive