Word: sequencing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
quen
cing
Definition: 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).
Morphemes:
Affix: sequence
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sequens
Language: la
Decoded: sequens
Meaning: following
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.