Sequence (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the following of one thing after another; succession.
  2. order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence.
  3. a continuous or connected series: a sonnet sequence.
  4. something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence.
  5. a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.
  6. a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose.
  7. a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.
  8. a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, especially of the same suit.
  9. the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.
  10. a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers; a map from the positive integers to a given set.
verb (used with object), se·quenced, se·quenc·ing.
  1. to place in a sequence.
  2. to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), especially nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
noun
  1. an arrangement of two or more things in a successive order
  2. the successive order of two or more things
  3. a sequentially ordered set of related things or ideas
  4. an action or event that follows another or others
    • a set of three or more consecutive cards, usually of the same suit
    • a set of two or more consecutive cards
  5. an arrangement of notes or chords repeated several times at different pitches
  6. maths
    • an ordered set of numbers or other mathematical entities in one-to-one correspondence with the integers 1 to n
    • an ordered infinite set of mathematical entities in one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers
  7. a section of a film constituting a single continuous uninterrupted episode
  8. the unique order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein or of nucleotides in the polynucleotide chain of DNA or RNA
  9. RC Church another word for prose (def. 4)
verb (tr)
  1. to arrange in a sequence
  2. to determine the order of the units comprising (a protein, nucleic acid, genome, etc)
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