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Meaning of 'sequence' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sequence [ n.]
- The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
- That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
- Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.
- Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
- A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
- A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
- Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
- All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.

Meaning of 'sequence' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sequence [ n]
Meaning (1):
- serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
Example in sentence:
  • he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA;
  • the sequence of names was alphabetical
Meaning (2):
- the action of following in order
Example in sentence:
  • he played the trumps in sequence
Meaning (3):
- a following of one thing after another in time
Example in sentence:
  • the doctor saw a sequence of patients
4 . sequence [ v]
Meaning (4):
- determine the order of constituents in
Example in sentence:
  • They sequenced the human genome

Nearby Words:

sequacious sequaciousness sequacity sequel sequela sequelae sequent sequential sequester sequestered

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