Cascade (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
  2. a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.
  3. anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: a cascade of roses covering the wall.
  4. (in a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow.
  5. an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion.
  6. a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect.
  7. a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas.
  8. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.
  9. a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response.
verb (used without object), cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing.
  1. to fall in or like a cascade.
verb (used with object), cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing.
  1. to cause to fall in a cascade.
  2. to arrange (components) in a cascade.
noun
  1. a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks
  2. something resembling this, such as folds of lace
    • a consecutive sequence of chemical or physical processes
    • (as modifier)
    • a series of stages in the processing chain of an electrical signal where each operates the next in turn
    • (as modifier)
  5. the cumulative process responsible for the formation of an electrical discharge, cosmic-ray shower, or Geiger counter avalanche in a gas
  6. the sequence of spontaneous decays by an excited atom or ion
verb
  1. to flow or fall in or like a cascade
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