subsequent

Definitions

1. adjective

   Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

   Example

   • Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
2. adjective

   Following in order of place or succeeding.

   ≈next
3. adjective

   Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

   Example

   • The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.
4. noun

   A subsequent stream or faultline.

   Example

   • When the Middle Wye was turned into the Severn system it still continued the northward subsequent, which of course may have been initiated as a tributary when the Middle Wye belonged to the Thames system.