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second-generation — ˌsecond geneˈration adjective 1. a second generation product, technology etc has been developed and improved since it was first produced: • Second generation technologies revolutionized 3D graphics and animation. 2. abbreviation 2G… … Financial and business terms
second generation — (2G) The generation of mobile telephone services using digital technology which followed the original analogue mobile telephones (known as 1G or first generation). Currently, this is still the most widely used technology in Europe. Data… … Law dictionary
second-generation — second gener ation adjective 1. ) used for describing someone who was born in the country they live in but whose parents were not born there 2. ) a second generation product or system has been developed and improved from an earlier form: second… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
second generation — second generation. См. второе поколение. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
second-generation — /sek euhnd jen euh ray sheuhn/ adj. 1. being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second generation Americans. 2. being the native born child of naturalized parents. 3. being a revised or… … Universalium
second-generation — UK / US adjective 1) used for describing someone who was born in the country that they live in but whose parents were not born there 2) a second generation product or system has been developed and improved from an earlier form XML and the second… … English dictionary
second-generation — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase second generation 1. : being a member of the second generation of a family to be born in the United States 2. : native born of foreign or mixed parentage the second generation girl… … Useful english dictionary
second-generation — adj. Second generation is used with these nouns: ↑immigrant, ↑migrant … Collocations dictionary
Second generation (disambiguation) — Second generation may refer to:* the generation following the one preceding it* History of video game consoles (second generation) (1976 1984) * Second generation immigrants ** Nisei, one of the second generation of people of Japanese descent in… … Wikipedia
Second generation warfare — is a term created by the U.S. military in 1989, referring to the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech loading weapons and continuing through the development of the machine gun and indirect fire. HistoryIn… … Wikipedia
Second-generation programming language — is a generational way to categorize assembly languages. The term was coined to provide a distinction from higher level third generation programming languages (3GL) such as COBOL and earlier machine code languages. Second generation programming… … Wikipedia
