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se⋅quel

  [see-kwuhl]
–noun
1. a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
2. an event or circumstance following something; subsequent course of affairs.
3. a result, consequence, or inference.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sequel(e) < L sequēla what follows, equiv. to sequ(ī) to follow + -ēla n. suffix

Synonyms:
3. aftermath, upshot, outgrowth, end.
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se·quel   (sē'kwəl)   
n.  

  1. Something that follows; a continuation.

  2. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative continues that of a preexisting work.

  3. A result or consequence. See Synonyms at effect.


[Middle English sequele, from Old French sequelle, from Latin sequēla, from sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

sequel

A narrative or dramatic work complete in itself but designed to follow an earlier one. Through the Looking-Glass is a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

sequel 
c.1420, "train of followers," from O.Fr. sequelle, from L.L. sequela "that which follows, result, consequence," from sequi "to follow," from PIE base *sekw- (cf. Skt. sacate "accompanies, follows," Avestan hacaiti, Gk. hepesthai "to follow," Lith. seku "to follow," L. secundus "second, the following," O.Ir. sechim "I follow"). Meaning "consequence" is attested from 1477. Meaning "story that follows and continues another" first recorded 1513.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: se·quel
Pronunciation: 'sE-kw&l also -"kwel
Function: noun
: SEQUELA sequel of wounds —Robert Chawner>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

Sequel
1. Precursor to SQL.
["System R: Relational Approach to Database Management", IBM Res Lab, San Jose, reprinted in Readings in Database Systems].
2. U Leeds. Theorem prover specification language. Pattern matching notation similar to Prolog. Compiled into Lisp.
[Proc ICJAI 13].
(ftp://agora.leeds.ac.uk/scs/logic/).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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