sequence

  • 31sequence — /ˈsikwəns / (say seekwuhns) noun 1. the following of one thing after another; succession: a strange sequence of events. 2. order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence. 3. a collection of poems or songs related to a particular… …

  • 32sequence —   a scene, or connected series of related scenes that are edited together and comprise a single, unified event, setting, or story within a film s narrative; also refers to scenes that structurally fit together in the plot; sequence usually refers …

    Glossary of cinematic terms

  • 33sequence — n. & v. n. 1 succession, coming after or next. 2 order of succession (shall follow the sequence of events; give the facts in historical sequence). 3 a set of things belonging next to one another on some principle of order; a series without gaps.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 34SÉQUENCE — s. f. T. de certains Jeux de cartes. Suite de trois cartes au moins, de la même couleur et dans le rang que le jeu leur donne : elle prend son nom de la carte la plus haute. Séquence de roi de coeur. Séquence de dame de pique. Avoir flux et… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 35sequence — The order in which events take place. See cylinder sequence engine sequence test welding sequence …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 36sequence — The succession, or following, of one thing or event after another. [L. sequor, to follow] Alu sequences in the human genome a repeated, relatively conserved s. of about 300 bp that often contains a cleavage site for the restriction enzyme AluI… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 37sequence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Order of succession Nouns 1. sequence, coming after; going after, following, consecutiveness, succession, extension, continuation, order of succession, successiveness; flow chart; continuity. See rear,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38sequence — [14] Sequence is at the centre of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin sequī ‘follow’ (others include consecutive [17], consequence [14], ensue, obsequious [15], persecute [15], prosecute, pursue, second, sect,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39sequence — noun 1》 a particular order in which related events, movements, etc., follow each other.     ↘Music a repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch.     ↘Biochemistry the order in which amino acid or nucleotide residues are arranged… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40sequence — noun 1) the sequence of events Syn: succession, order, course, series, chain, train, string, progression, chronology, timeline; pattern, flow; formal concatenation 2) a sequence from his film Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words