succession

sucesión

El hecho de que unas cosas o acontecimientos sigan a otros.

En inglés sencillo: The process of one thing happening or coming after another.

• Three cars passed in quick succession.
• The bells rang in rapid succession.
• She won two races in succession.

Sinónimos: posteriority

Expresiones frecuentes: in quick succession, in rapid succession

serie, sucesión

Conjunto de personas o cosas que aparecen una tras otra.

En inglés sencillo: A series of people or things that come one after another.

• A succession of storms damaged the roof.
• The house had a succession of owners.
• We watched an endless succession of trucks pass.

Cómo se usa: a succession of someone/something (A succession of visitors arrived throughout the day.)

Sinónimos: series, sequence

Expresiones frecuentes: a succession of, long succession

sucesión al trono

Paso del cargo y del poder de un rey o una reina a otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: The transfer of the position and power of a king or queen to another person.

• The king announced new rules for succession.
• Her succession to the throne was peaceful.
• The prince is first in the line of succession.

Cómo se usa: succession to something (The law governs succession to the throne.)

Expresiones frecuentes: royal succession, succession to something, line of succession

sucesión estratigráfica

Conjunto de capas de roca ordenadas según cuándo se formaron.

En inglés sencillo: A set of rock layers arranged in the order in which they formed.

• The cliff reveals a thick sedimentary succession.
• Fossils help scientists date this rock succession.
• Two geological successions were compared in the study.

Sinónimos: sequence

Expresiones frecuentes: sedimentary succession, rock succession, geological succession