different between succession vs succussion

English

Etymology

From Old French succession, from Latin successio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?s??.?n/

Noun

succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)

1. An act of following in sequence.
2. A sequence of things in order.
3. A passing of royal powers.
4. A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
5. A race or series of descendants.
6. (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
7. A right to take possession.
8. (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
9. (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

• (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
• (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence

Derived terms

• successional
• successionary

Related terms

• successive

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.s?.sj??/

Noun

succession f (plural successions)

1. succession
2. Series
3. Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors

Derived terms

• droits de succession

Further reading

• “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin succussio, from succutere.

Noun

succussion (countable and uncountable, plural succussions)

1. The act of succussing or shaking; a shake.
   1. (medicine) A shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax.
   2. The preparation of a diluted substance in homeopathy by vigorously shaking it against an elastic body.