daughter

n.

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.

adj.

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.

[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor.]

daughterly daugh'ter·ly adj.

1. A nuclide produced by radioactive decay of some other nuclide (the parent). 2. An ion or free radical produced by dissociation or reaction of a parent ion or radical.

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n
decay product

A nu-clide formed from the radioactive decay of another nuclide called the parent.

1. female offspring.
2. arising from cell division, as a daughter cell.
3. product of the decay or radioactive disintegration of a radionuclide. Usually formed as a result of successive transformations in a series. See also decay (3).

• d. cyst — see daughter cyst.

IN BRIEF: n. - A female human offspring.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm. — Bruce Barton

Quotes:

"Oh my son's my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all her life." - Dinah Mulock Craik

"How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards." - John Gay

"You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company." - Samuel Johnson

"I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex." - John Malkovich

"The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife." - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

"As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied." - Oscar Wilde

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - datter, følgeprodukt, datternukleid, datterkerne, dattercelle
adj. - datter-

idioms:

• daughter board    specialkort på bundkort; på computere
• daughter card    specialkort på bundkort; på computere

Nederlands (Dutch)
dochter

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) fille
adj. - de fille

idioms:

• daughter board    (Comput) carte fille
• daughter card    (Comput) carte fille

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tochter, (übertr.) Tochter (der Kirche usw.), (hist.) Nachfolgerin
adj. - (Biol.) Tochter...

idioms:

• daughter board    kleine Leiterplatte, die mit einer Großen verbunden ist
• daughter card    Schwesterkarte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θυγατέρα, κόρη

idioms:

• daughter board    (Η/Υ) πρόσθετη (θυγατρική) πλακέτα Η/Υ
• daughter card    (Η/Υ) πρόσθετη (θυγατρική) κάρτα Η/Υ

Italiano (Italian)
figlia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filha (f)

Русский (Russian)
дочь

Español (Spanish)
n. - hija
adj. - hija

idioms:

• daughter board    tablero de circuitos, (comp) panel secundario
• daughter card    (comp) tarjeta secundaria de una placa madre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dotter

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女儿, 女儿的, 关系如女儿的, 如女儿的

idioms:

• daughter board    子板
• daughter card    子卡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女兒
adj. - 女兒的, 關係如女兒的, 如女兒的

idioms:

• daughter board    子板
• daughter card    子卡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 딸, (한 나라 등의) 부녀자, 남자 동성애자, (사람, 사건, 시대의 정신적 소산인) 여자
adj. - 딸다운, 딸로서의, 방사성 붕괴로 생긴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 娘, 義理の娘, 生み出されたもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إبنه, بنت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בת‬
adj. - ‮של תא חי או מבנים אחרים הנוצרים כתוצאה מהתחלקות‬

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carols daughter	my daughter an angel
dearest daughter	daughter in law sentiments