second-generation

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.

Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

second generation

Examples

Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924 as Shirley Anita St. Hill, Chisholm was a second-generation immigrant – daughter to a Guyanan factory worker father and a Barbadian seamstress mother - and was the oldest of their four daughters. Source: Internet

From his first 360-degree slam, Kobe was beloved by the working class and the first- and second-generation immigrants that comprise the spinal cord of the city. Source: Internet

By the time of cancellation, however, second-generation RISC chips (such as the newer SPARC architecture) were offering much better price/performance ratios than the VAX lineup. Source: Internet

At a difference of λ/2 (wavelength/2), red is perfectly in sync with its second-generation harmonic in the ultraviolet. Source: Internet

A second-generation chip, potentially with extra commuting power for more demanding applications, is also under way. Source: Internet

A Chinese site has allegedly leaked photos of a gold second-generation iPad mini. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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