SEQUENCE
\sˈiːkwəns], \sˈiːkwəns], \s_ˈiː_k_w_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of SEQUENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
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determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"
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several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
By Princeton University
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a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
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determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"
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several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
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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.
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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.
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A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
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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.
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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.
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A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being sequent or following: order of succession: that which follows: consequence: (music) a regular succession of similar chords.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French , Latin]A following or that which follows; consequent; result ;—line or order of succession ; natural course;—in music, a regular recurrence or alternate succession of similar chords;—in gaming, a set of cards following each other immediately in the same suit;—in the Romish Church, a short hymn introduced into the mass on certain days, so named because appointed to follow the gradual or introit.
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