a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | the action of following in order |
a distinctive characteristic | acquisition of property by descent or by will |
a sudden flash (as of lightning) | a following of one thing after another in time |
an unbroken series of events | a group of people or things arranged or following in order |
| (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 |