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se⋅quence

  [see-kwuhns] noun, verb, -quenced, -quenc⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the following of one thing after another; succession.
2. order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence.
3. a continuous or connected series: a sonnet sequence.
4. something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence.
5. Music. a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.
6. Liturgy. a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose.
7. Movies. a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.
8. Cards. a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, esp. of the same suit.
9. Genetics. the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.
10. Mathematics. a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers; a map from the positive integers to a given set.
–verb (used with object)
11. to place in a sequence.
12. Biochemistry. to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), esp. nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL sequentia, equiv. to sequ- (s. of sequī to follow) + -entia -ence

Synonyms:
1. See series. 2. arrangement. 4. outcome, sequel.
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se·quence   (sē'kwəns, -kwěns')   
n.  
  1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
  2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
  3. A related or continuous series. See Synonyms at series.
  4. Games Three or more playing cards in consecutive order; a run.
  5. A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.
  6. Music A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.
  7. Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.
  8. Mathematics An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4.
  9. Biochemistry The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
tr.v.   se·quenced, se·quenc·ing, se·quenc·es
  1. To organize or arrange in a sequence.
  2. To determine the order of constituents in (a polymer, such as a nucleic acid or protein molecule).

[Middle English, a type of hymn, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, hymn, that which follows (from its following the alleluia), from Late Latin, from Latin sequēns, sequent-, present participle of sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Sequence

Se"quence\ (s[=e]"kwens), n. [F. s['e]quence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See Sequent.]

1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession? --Shak.

Sequence and series of the seasons of the year. --Bacon.

2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.

The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment. --Bp. Hall.

3. (Philos.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.

4. (Mus.) (a) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps. (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

5. (R.C.Ch.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.

Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. --Shipley.

6. (Card Playing) (a) (Whist) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight. (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
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Language Translation for : sequence
Spanish: serie, secuencia,
German: die Reihenfolge,
Japanese: 結果
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sequence 
1387, "hymn sung after the Hallelujah and before the Gospel," from O.Fr. sequence "answering verses" (13c.), from M.L. sequentia "a following, a succession," from L. sequentem (nom. sequens), prp. of sequi "to follow" (see sequel). In Church use, a partial loan-translation of Gk. akolouthia, from akolouthos "following." General sense of "succession," also "a sequence at cards," appeared 1575.
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Main Entry: 1se·quence
Pronunciation: 'sE-kw&n(t)s, -"kwen(t)s
Function: noun
1 : a continuous or connected series (as of aminoacids in a protein)
2 : a consequence, result, or subsequent development (as of a disease)

Main Entry: 2sequence
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: se·quenced; se·quenc·ing
: to determine the sequence ofchemical constituents (as amino acid residues) in <sequenced biological macromolecules><sequenced the DNA of the entire genome of an organism>
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sequence se·quence (sē'kwəns, -kwěns')
n.

  1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
  2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
  3. A related or continuous series.
  4. The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
v. se·quenced, se·quenc·ing, se·quenc·es
  1. To organize or arrange in a sequence.
  2. To determine the order of constituents in a polymer, such as a nucleic acid.

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sequence   (sē'kwəns)  Pronunciation Key 
Noun  
  1. A set of quantities ordered in the same manner as the positive integers, in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it. A sequence can be finite, such as {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, or it can be infinite, such as {1, 1/2 , 1/3 , 1/4 , ... 1/n }. Also called progression.
  2. The order of subunits that make up a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.

Verb   To determine the order of subunits of a polymer.
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