Meaning ofchildin English

Noun

1. a person before adulthood; pre-majority
2. one's direct biological descendant; son or daughter
3. a youth from 1 to 9 years
   The kindergarten teacher cared for a group of lively children.
4. a figurative or cultural offspring
   A child process is created when a parent process splits.
5. a subordinate data item (in computing)
   In the organizational chart, each department is a child node.
6. a node under another (in a tree)
   The software company is a child company of the large conglomerate.