daughter

(dôˈtər)

1. One's female child.
2. A female descendant.
3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.
4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: “Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization” (Edwin O. Reischauer).
5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.

1. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
2. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
3. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.

Related Forms:

• daughˈter·ly adjective