child (EN)

noun

noun “child”

1. a young person who has not yet become an adult
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   In many countries, a person is considered a child until they turn 18 years old.
2. son or daughter
   Her eldest child, a successful lawyer, visits her every weekend.
3. in computing, an item, process, or object that is subordinate to another
   In the database, each child is linked to a single parent record, creating a hierarchical structure.