| successive | 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. Successive induction. <mathematics> See Induction. Origin: Cf. F. Successif. See Succeed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| successive contrast | The visual effect caused by viewing a brightly coloured object and then a gray surface; the latter appears tinged with the complementary colour of the object. Viewing a surface coloured in the complementary colour of the object rather than in gray enhances the colour intensity of the surface. (05 Mar 2000) |