Definition of second-generation adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

second-generation

adjective

/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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