sec·ond-gen·er·a·tion (sĕkənd-jĕn′ə-rāshən)
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Tweet adj. 1. a. Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants. b. Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are citizens by birth and whose grandparents are immigrants. 2. Of or relating to a member or members of the second generation of a family to do something or achieve something: second-generation college students. 3. Of, relating to, or being the second form or version of a product or technology: second-generation software; second-generation antihistamines. |
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