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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’.

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   What is a sequence of events?

   • A sequence of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order. A particular sequence is a particular order in which things happen or are arranged. ...the colour sequence yellow, orange, purple, blue, green and white. The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure.

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   How do you define a sequence?

   • Formally, a sequence can be defined as a function from natural numbers (the positions of elements in the sequence) to the elements at each position. The notion of a sequence can be generalized to an indexed family, defined as a function from an arbitrary index set.

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   What is the difference between a set and a sequence?

   • Unlike a set, the same elements can appear multiple times at different positions in a sequence, and unlike a set, the order does matter. Formally, a sequence can be defined as a function from natural numbers (the positions of elements in the sequence) to the elements at each position.

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   What does it mean when things come in sequence?

   • When things come in sequence, they come in a specific order. It could be a chronological sequence, a sequence following a pattern (red-blue-brown, red-blue-brown), or a cause-and-effect sequence. Sequence can also be a verb. When you sequence something, you put it in order.

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   noun. an arrangement of two or more things in a successive order. the successive order of two or more things. chronological sequence. a sequentially ordered set of related things or ideas. an action or event that follows another or others. cards a set of three or more consecutive cards, usually of the same suit.

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   In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms ). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is called the length of the sequence.

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    Definitions of sequence. noun. a following of one thing after another in time. “the doctor saw a sequence of patients”. synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness. see more. noun. the action of following in order. “he played the trumps in sequence ”.