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Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.

a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

esembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. -- Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia…

A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.

ne of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

he faces of the gears. -- Skew surface (Geom.), a ruled surface such that in general two successive generating straight lines do not intersect; a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface. -- Skew symmetrical determinant (Alg.), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to th…

In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.

To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. Swift.

or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed…

easure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.

In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly. The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private. Addison. Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quant…

The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

Succeeding by turns; successive.

Subalternate; successive.

Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.

Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.