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se·quence
I. \ˈsēkwən(t)s, -ˌkwen-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sequentia, from Late Latin, succession, state or fact of following, from Latin sequent-, sequens (present participle of sequi to follow) + -ia -y
1. : a hymn or rhythm having no regular meter read or sung between the gradual and the Gospel on certain occasions as part of a Christian liturgical service (as in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches) — called also prose
2. : a continuous or connected series: as
a. : a group of similar or related elements
< a sequence of market fluctuations >
< a photo sequence >
< bringing … a sequence of musicals to Sacramento — Fortnight >
< the city spreads over a sequence of low hills — American Guide Series: Texas >
specifically : an extended series of poems united by a single theme
< sonnet sequence >
b. : three or more playing cards usually of the same suit in consecutive order of rank (as jack, ten, nine, eight, seven)
c. : a succession of repetitions of a musical phrase each in a new position
< rising chromatic sequence >
— compare rosalia
d. : a mathematical aggregate ordered in the same manner as the positive integers — compare series 2
e. : a planned program of courses
< a four-year sequence in social studies — J.B.Conant >
f. archaeology
(1) : a set of components occurring in successive strata, preferably in one site
< a local sequence >
(2) : a group of local sequences consolidated into one of larger scope
< a cultural sequence >
g.
(1) : a section of a motion picture consisting of a succession of related shots or scenes in which a single subject or a single phase of a story is developed
< the … roller-coaster sequence in Cinerama — Lloyd Shearer >
(2) : a self-sufficient combination of dance movements permitting of further development, or a movement series with repetition of a theme on an ever lowered or heightened plane of space or dynamic intensity
(3) : episode
< the sequence from which the book takes its title — Times Literary Supplement >
< minute rehearsals of each sequence in the coronation ceremony — Blake Ehrlich >
h.
(1) : an agreed or keyed succession in cryptography
(2) : keying sequence
(3) : an arrangement of the alphabet in cryptology
3.
a.
(1) : a chronological succession
< birds have no prevision … of the sequence of the seasons — E.A.Armstrong >
(2) : a succession of geologic events, processes, or formations in chronologic order; especially : stratigraphic sequence
b.
(1) : a methodical arrangement or consecutive order
< a … sequence whereby he gets the apartment three days a week, she gets it twice — Lewis Nichols >
< the sequence in which one word follows another — Stuart Chase >
< paints each little square in sequence — Harland Manchester >
(2) : a one-dimensional ordering of elements or terms in logic
(3) : an arrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent interrelationship especially between main and subordinate verbs (as in indirect discourse, conditional sentences)
(4) : the order in which portions of a recording are placed on a series of phonograph records — compare automatic sequence
4.
a. : a natural result or logical inference : sequel
< action in sequence to … sincere idealism — Times Literary Supplement >
< the order of successional stages … has been reconstructed by the methods of inference and sequence — Ecology >
b. : a subsequent development
< everybody was caught up in a succession of sequences — Time >
c. : the order in which events are connected or related in time : simple succession; especially : the connection of antecedent and consequent in a temporal series apart from any causal necessity
< the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences >
5. : the quality or state of being sequent : continuity between parts : consecutiveness, progression
< narrative sequence >
< formal sequence is useful in the architecture of public buildings because it helps to direct the visitor >
< sequence in learning depends upon continuity of growth in the learner — Dora Smith >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to arrange in a sequence
III. transitive verb
: to determine the sequence of chemical constituents (as amino-acid residues) in |