direct descendant

Noun

Meaning

direct descendant (plural direct descendants)

Synonym of descendant

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

descendant

Examples

If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity. As such, it is a direct descendant of the breakdown of the bicameral mind. Julian Jaynes

[The computer is also the direct descendant of the telegraph as it enables one... to] "transmit information without transporting material" J. C. R. Licklider

Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. Yet it is quite probable that she bares not a single one of the old king's genes. Richard Dawkins

Close letter words and terms

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