second-generation
adjective/ˌsekənd dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
/ˌsekənd dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
- used to describe people who were born in the country they live in but whose parents came to live there from another country
- She was a second-generation Japanese-American.
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- (of a product, technology, etc.) at a more advanced stage of development than an earlier form
- second-generation handheld computers
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