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se·quenc·ing

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the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.
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se·quence

   [see-kwuhns] noun, verb, se·quenced, se·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.
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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, especially 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.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
11.
to place in a sequence.
12.
Biochemistry. to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), especially nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin sequentia, equivalent to sequ- (stem of sequī to follow) + -entia -ence

Related forms
un·der·se·quence, noun
un·se·quenced, adjective

Synonyms
1. See series. 2. arrangement. 4. outcome, sequel.

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sequencing (ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing)
2.  commerce Also called: priority sequencing specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

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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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