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se·quence

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ns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -quenced, -quenc·ing.

–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 Audio Help (sē'kwəns, -kwěns') Pronunciation Key
n.

A following of one thing after another; succession.
An order of succession; an arrangement.
A related or continuous series. See Synonyms at series.
Games Three or more playing cards in consecutive order; a run.
A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.
Music A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.
Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.
Mathematics An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x², 3x³, 4x⁴.
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

To organize or arrange in a sequence.
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 sek^w-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.

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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"

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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

Arabic:	تَسَلْسُل، تَتابُع
Chinese (Simplified):	次序
Chinese (Traditional):	次序
Czech:	sled,řada
Danish:	rækkefølge; række; sekvens; -sekvens
Dutch:	reeks
Estonian:	sari, järjend
Finnish:	sarja
French:	succession
German:	die Reihenfolge
Greek:	σειρά, αλληλουχία
Hungarian:	sor(ozat)
Icelandic:	röð, syrpa, sería
Indonesian:	rentetan peristiwa
Italian:	sequenza, successione

Japanese:	結果
Korean:	이어짐, 연속(물)
Latvian:	secība
Lithuanian:	seka
Norwegian:	rekkefølge, sekvens
Polish:	następstwo, ciąg
Portuguese (Brazil):	seqüência
Portuguese (Portugal):	sequência
Romanian:	succesiune
Russian:	последовательность
Slovak:	postupnosť, poradie, sled
Slovenian:	zaporedje
Spanish:	serie, secuencia
Swedish:	ordningsföljd, förlopp, sekvens
Turkish:	dizi, zincir

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sequence Audio Help (sē'kwəns) Pronunciation Key
Noun

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.
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.