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noun

Sequence n.

1.

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement. "How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession?" "Sequence and series of the seasons of the year."

2.

That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result. "The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment."

3.

(Philos.) 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.

(Mus.)

(a)

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.

(b)

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

5.

(R.C.Ch.) 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. "Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose."

6.

(Card Playing)

(a)

(Whist) 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.

(b)

(Poker) 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.

7.

The specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.

verb

Sequence v. t. (Biochem.) To determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.

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"Sequence" Quotes from Famous Books

... theme—quite as numerous as the workmen observed; in fact, a conflicting and confusing display. Now, do causes, in any realm of being, forbear to produce fruit in effects? Are the laws of psychologic sequence less rigid and certain than those laws of physical sequence which determine in material nature every phenomenon, from planet-paths in space to the gathering of dew-drops on a leaf? If it were so, ...

— Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... masculine firmness, the quiet force, of his own style, in which every phrase is a close sequence, every epithet a paying piece, and the ground is completely cleared of the vague, the ready-made, and the second-best. Less than any one to-day does he beat the air, more than any one does he hit out from the shoulder.... He came into ...

— The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers • Mary Cholmondeley

... here presented, no attempt has been made to follow either logically or chronologically the progress of events in the campaigning operations of which I was a witness. The chapters are interrelated insofar as they purport to be a sequence of pictures describing some of my experiences and setting forth a few of my observations in Belgium, in Germany, in France and in England during the first three ...

— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb

... result in lowering cost. Third, that it takes time to reach any result worth aiming at. Fourth, the importance of making changes in their proper order, and that unless the right steps are taken, and taken in their proper sequence, there is great danger from deterioration in the quality of the output and from serious troubles with the workmen, often ...

— Shop Management • Frederick Winslow Taylor

... appalled at myself. It seems so unnecessary in one so young. You will remember, Carol, that I used to say it was unfair that ministers' children should be denied so much of the worldly experience that other ordinary humans fall heir to by the natural sequence of things. I resented the deprivation. I coveted one taste of every species ...

— Sunny Slopes • Ethel Hueston

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