daughter

Definitions


[ˈdɔːtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents

- a nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another
(e.g: as radon gas decays it produces daughters that attach themselves to dust particles)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr




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