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heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

vibration collapse: the act of vibrating; a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively; "that place gave me bad vibrations"

pulsation collapse: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"; a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity

continuity collapse: the property of a continuous and connected period of time; a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot; uninterrupted connection or union

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

regularity collapse: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"; a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

repetition collapse: the act of doing or performing again; the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

usurpation collapse: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

staccato collapse: (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes"; separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please"

procession collapse: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

posteriority collapse: following in time; the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end

prolongation collapse: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

consecration collapse: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"; a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study"

succession collapse: acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"; (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

constancy collapse: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"; faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity); (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

election collapse: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"; a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"; the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists); the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

rotation collapse: the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"; a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"; a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"; (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

tattoo collapse: the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining; a design on the skin made by tattooing; a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters; stain (skin) with indelible color

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