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ns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -quenced, -quenc·ing.
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ns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -quenced, -quenc·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 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. |
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| se·quence
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n.
tr.v. se·quenced, se·quenc·ing, se·quenc·es
[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
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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| sequence | |
noun | |
| 1. | serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" |
| 2. | a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" |
| 3. | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie |
| 4. | the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence" [syn: succession] |
| 5. | several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys |
verb | |
| 1. | arrange in a sequence |
| 2. | determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
sequence [ˈsiːkwəns] noun
a series of events etc following one another in a particular order
Example: He described the sequence of events leading to his dismissal from the firm; a sequence of numbers; a dance sequence
Example: He described the sequence of events leading to his dismissal from the firm; a sequence of numbers; a dance sequence
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| sequence
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Noun
Verb To determine the order of subunits of a polymer. |
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Sequence
Ob"se*quent\, a. [L. obsequens, p. pr. of obsequi; ob (see Ob-) + sequi. See Sequence.] Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] --Fotherby.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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