sequence

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

2. 2noun

   That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

6. 6noun

   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.

7. 7noun

   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.

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9noun

   the action of following in order

   "he played the trumps in sequence"

   Synonyms

   succession
10. 10noun

    film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

    Synonyms

    episode
11. 11noun

    a following of one thing after another in time

    "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

    Synonyms

    successionsuccessiveness
12. 12noun

    several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

13. 13noun

    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"

14. 14verb

    arrange in a sequence

15. 15verb

    determine the order of constituents in

    "They sequenced the human genome"