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   Se·quence

   /ˈsēkwəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other: "the content of the program should follow a logical sequence" Similar successionordercourseserieschainconcatenationtrainstringcycleprogressionarrangementpatternchronologyflow
   • ▪ a repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch: "a restless search for interesting harmonic sequences"
   • ▪ the order in which amino acid or nucleotide residues are arranged in a protein, DNA, etc.: "these are enzymes which will cleave only at specific base sequences in the DNA"
   • 2. a set of related events, movements, or things that follow each other in a particular order: "a grueling sequence of exercises"
   • ▪ a set of three or more playing cards of the same suit next to each other in value, for example 10, 9, 8.
   • ▪ an infinite ordered series of numerical quantities.
   • 3. a part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic: "the famous underwater sequence" Similar excerptclipsceneextractepisodesectionsegment
   • 4. (in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.

   verb

   • 1. arrange in a particular order: "trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced"
   • ▪ ascertain the sequence of amino acid or nucleotide residues in (a protein, DNA, etc.): "we have undertaken to isolate and sequence the rat retinoblastoma cDNA"
   • 2. play or record (music) with a sequencer.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in sequence (sense 4 of the noun)): from late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequent- ‘following’, from the verb sequi ‘follow’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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