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de·scend·ant / diˈsendənt/ • n. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: Shakespeare's last direct descendant. ∎  a machine, artifact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version.

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descendant

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descendant of a node, A, in a tree. Any node, B, such that A is an ancestor of B.

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