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Definition of Sequence

1. Verb. Arrange in a sequence.

2. Noun. Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern. "He invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

3. Verb. Determine the order of constituents in. "They sequenced the human genome"

4. Noun. A following of one thing after another in time. "The doctor saw a sequence of patients"

5. Noun. Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie.

6. Noun. The action of following in order. "He played the trumps in sequence"

7. Noun. Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys.

Definition of Sequence

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

Definition of Sequence

1. Noun. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series ¹

2. Noun. 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''). ¹

3. Noun. 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. ¹

4. Noun. (mathematics) An ordered list of objects. ¹

5. Noun. (rare) A subsequent event; a consequence or result. ¹

6. Noun. A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc. ¹

7. Noun. (context: card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) to arrange in an order ¹

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

10. Verb. (transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sequence

1. to arrange in consecutive order [v -QUENCED, -QUENCING, -QUENCES]

Medical Definition of Sequence

1. The noun: the order in which subunits appear in a chain, such as amino acids in a polypeptide or nucleotide bases in a DNA or RNA molecule. The verb: To find out in what order the subunits appear in the chain. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequence

sequel hook sequel hooks sequela sequelae sequelitis sequelize sequelized sequelizes sequelizing sequella

sequellae sequellas sequels sequelæ sequenator sequence (current term) sequence-tagged site sequence-tagged site map sequence alignment sequence analysis

sequence breaking sequence deletion sequence homology sequence ladder sequence pulse sequenceability sequenceable sequenced sequenceless

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