Sequence
Definition of Sequence
Se´quence Pronunciation: sē´kwens | n. | 1. | The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement. | | 2. | That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result. | | 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.) 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. | | 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. | | 6. | (Card Playing) 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. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | (Biochem.) to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment. |
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