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The next in line, whether the throne wants them or the knife does.
means A person or thing that comes after and takes the place of another, inheriting their role, title, or position.
from From Latin successor, 'one who follows after,' built on succedere — sub- ('under, up from below') plus cedere ('to go, yield'). The image is of someone coming up from behind to step into a place just vacated; the same cedere gives English a whole family of motion words like 'cede,' 'proceed,' and 'recede.' It entered English via Old French in the medieval period, already carrying the weight of thrones and inheritances.
- royal speed
- British monarchy succession is instant, no gap
- named risk
- Designated heirs often get killed first
- chemistry too
- Decay products are called daughter and successor nuclides
- function world
- Math uses a successor function to define counting