Sequence

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English

Noun

Sequence (plural Sequences)
  1. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. (mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
  5. (now rare) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
      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.

Related terms

Verb

Sequence (third-person singular simple present sequences, present participle sequencing, simple past and past participle sequenced)

  1. (transitive) to arrange in an order
  2. (transitive) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid

Adjectives for Sequence

logical; invariable; melancholy; historical natural; dramatic; impressive; unusual fragmentary; consecutive; chronological true; interminable; rapid; intended; inflexible; honorable; chromatic; passionate; coherent; single; listless.

Thesaurus

Indian file, aftereffect, afterlife, aftermath, alternation, arrangement, array, articulation, bank, buzz, by-product, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chasing, classification, concatenation, connectedness, connection, consecution, consecutiveness, consequence, consequent, consistency, continuity, continuum, corollary, course, cycle, degree, derivation, derivative, descent, development, disposal, disposition, distillate, distribution, dogging, drone, effect, endless belt, endless round, event, eventuality, eventuation, file, filiation, following, fruit, future time, gamut, gradation, grouping, hangover, harvest, heeling, hierarchy, hounding, hum, issue, lateness, legacy, line, lineage, logical outcome, monotone, next life, nexus, offshoot, offspring, order, ordering, orderliness, organization, outcome, outgrowth, pendulum, periodicity, place, placement, plenum, postdate, postdating, posteriority, powder train, precipitate, procession, product, progression, provenience, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, queue, range, rank, recurrence, remainder, result, resultant, reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, sequel, sequela, sequent, serial order, series, set, shadowing, single file, spectrum, string, subordination, subsequence, succession, supervenience, supervention, swath, system, tailing, thread, tier, trailing, train, upshot, windrow

Etymology

< Middle English sequence < Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”) < Late Latin sequentia (“a following”) < Latin sequens (“following”) < sequi (“to follow”); see sequent.

Pronunciation

Translations

Noun

set of things in a set order
series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated
poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings
in mathematics, an ordered list of objects
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