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sequential

[si-kwen-shuhl]

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adjective

characterized by regular sequence of parts.

following; subsequent; consequent.

Origin:
1815–25; sequent + -ial

Related forms

se·quen·ti·al·i·ty

[si-kwen-shee-al-i-tee] , noun

se·quen·tial·ly, adverb

non·se·quen·tial, adjective

non·se·quen·tial·ly, adverb

non·se·quen·ti·al·i·ty, noun

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un·se·quen·tial, adjective

un·se·quen·tial·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

When the rain ended abruptly last week, the whole city burst into bloom simultaneously rather than in the usual sequential order.

Sequential courses, for example, often have an unclear relationship to each other.

If such heaters were covered with thermoelectric generators the sun's rays could be put to sequential use.

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When the rain ended abruptly last week, the whole city burst into bloom simultaneously rather than in the usual sequential order.

Sequential courses, for example, often have an unclear relationship to each other.

If such heaters were covered with thermoelectric generators the sun's rays could be put to sequential use.

Explain the concept of sequential occupancy of a specific habitat.

Finally, a series of sequential retrieval tasks showed that the memory erasure was highly selective.

If you eliminated sequential execution, instructions could be carried out immediately when their inputs were ready.

The state is the first in the country to encourage the use of what are called sequential lineups.

The large pick-up in sequential growth concurrently indicated in the latest estimate is also consistent with this picture.

Intuitive, sequential learning makes every lesson count and build progressively.

Sequential tasks can be frustrating if you get stuck.

Method of representing alternative sequential decisions and the possible outcomes from these decisions.

And lets do the same with the sequential style learners and teachers, and also with the in-betweeners.

All that power flows to the wheels through a seven-speed sequential gearbox.

It flouts sequential time and juxtaposes the important with the trivial.

What occured was an almost countless number of sequential failures.

The engine is mated to a six-speed sequential gearbox with reverse.

Spain has been much talked about as the sequential domino.

Sequential art is a wonderful medium for war stories as visuals are so often needed to drive home the impact of the cost of war.

The better their recall of sequential numbers, the more game points they earn.

Like waves crashing on a beach, sequential infestations of new pests have repeatedly pounded western.

VC spending for the second quarter of the year showed a sequential increase for the first time in about two years.

And he needs to make these developments gradual, plausible and even sequential.

Rid the academic career of its lock-step timing and rigid sequential deadlines.

Agency waives any defense of sequential or conditional liability to timely payment.

It is unlikely that these sequential partners are chosen because of the value of their genetic potential.

In sequential testimony, each one stated that he did.

And conflating sequential and non-sequential disciplines makes matters worse.

Things might not have turned out this way, were it not for the sequential misfortunes of recent history.

The engine is bolted to a sequential five-speed gearbox.

The full-width taillights with sequential signals was always a treat to see.

McLuhan books are not easy reading, for the author shunned sequential argument.

If you really want, you can segment your entire feature into a sequential playlist of short.

The small sequential frames of the contact sheets merge seamlessly into the panels of artwork.

The program provides a sequential course of study to support the testing in the form of syllabuses.

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World English Dictionary

sequential (sɪˈkwɛnʃəl)

—*adj*
1.	characterized by or having a regular sequence
2.	another word for sequent

sequentiality

—n

se'quentially

—*adv*

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