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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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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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