sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
ipa: /ˈsikwəns/
ipa: /ˈsi.kwɛns/
ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
homophone: sequins (General American, Canada)
Forms: form: sequences
Etymology: From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent.
Senses: examples: text: An alphabet follows a sequence.
text: The risks involved in changing the DNA sequence is higher.
glosses: A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
examples: text: Complete the listed tasks in sequence.
glosses: The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
glosses: A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
glosses: A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
examples: text: he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, pages 12–13:
glosses: A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
examples: text: What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria.
ref: 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Synonyms: word: array
word: chain
word: consecution
word: sequence
word: series
word: string
word: succession
word: train
Hypernyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: function
word: arrangement
word: set
word: group
Hyponyms: word: presequence
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: escape sequence
word: course
word: cycle
word: procedure
word: process
word: race
word: thread
Meronyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: term
word: beginning
word: midpoint
word: finish
word: phase
Derived terms: almost split sequence
Appell sequence
arithmetic sequence
asequence
base sequence
biosequence
canonical sequence
Cauchy sequence
chronosequence
climosequence
conserved sequence
convergent sequence
cratonic sequence
de Bruijn sequence
deduced amino acid sequence
degree sequence
divisibility sequence
DNA sequence
dream sequence
eigensequence
emoji flag sequence
emoji sequence
emoji ZWJ sequence
exact sequence
Farey sequence
Fibonacci sequence
flight sequence
fluorosequence
geometric sequence
Gijswijt's sequence
Goodstein sequence
Gould's sequence
homosequence
ideographic description sequence
in sequence
intersequence
King Wen sequence
Kolakoski sequence
leader sequence
long exact sequence
macrosequence
main-sequence
main sequence
megasequence
metasequence
microsequence
midsequence
missequence
multisequence
nilsequence
nonsequence
oligosequence
Padovan sequence
parasequence
photosequence
Pierre Robin sequence
polysequence
Potter sequence
pre-main-sequence star
prosequence
protosequence
pseudosequence
pyrosequence
random sequence
resequence
retrosequence
rock sequence
sequence assembly
sequence breaking
sequence dance
sequenceless
sequence of tenses
sequence point
sequencer
sequential
Sheffer sequence
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
short exact sequence
slippery sequence
stereosequence
Sturm sequence
subsequence
supersequence
Thue-Morse sequence
toposequence
triggering sequence
twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence