sequence

sequence
    n 1: serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order
         or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was
         alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the
         sequence of base pairs in DNA"
    2: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor
       saw a sequence of patients" [syn: {sequence}, {chronological
       sequence}, {succession}, {successiveness}, {chronological
       succession}]
    3: film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop
       a given subject in a movie [syn: {sequence}, {episode}]
    4: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in
       sequence" [syn: {succession}, {sequence}]
    5: several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
    v 1: arrange in a sequence
    2: determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the
       human genome"
    

Sequence \Se"quence\ (s[=e]"kwens), n. [F. s['e]quence, L.
   sequentia, fr. sequens. See {Sequent}.]
   1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of
      following; arrangement.
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            How art thou a king
            But by fair sequence and succession?  --Shak.
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            Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel;
      consequence; result.
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            The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.
                                                  --Bp. Hall.
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   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.
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   4. (Mus.)
      (a) 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.
      (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one
          tone higher; a rosalia.
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   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.
      --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
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            Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because
            its early form was rhythmical prose.  --Shipley.
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   6. (Card Playing)
      (a) (Whist) 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.
      (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive
          order as to value, but not necessarily of the same
          suit; when of one suit, it is called a {sequence
          flush}.
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   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.
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Sequence \Se"quence\, v. t. (Biochem.)
   to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a
   DNA fragment.
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      catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chasing,
      classification, concatenation, connectedness, connection,
      consecution, consecutiveness, consequence, consequent, consistency,
      continuity, continuum, corollary, course, cycle, degree,
      derivation, derivative, descent, development, disposal,
      disposition, distillate, distribution, dogging, drone, effect,
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      filiation, following, fruit, future time, gamut, gradation,
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      issue, lateness, legacy, line, lineage, logical outcome, monotone,
      next life, nexus, offshoot, offspring, order, ordering,
      orderliness, organization, outcome, outgrowth, pendulum,
      periodicity, place, placement, plenum, postdate, postdating,
      posteriority, powder train, precipitate, procession, product,
      progression, provenience, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, queue,
      range, rank, recurrence, remainder, result, resultant,
      reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, sequel,
      sequela, sequent, serial order, series, set, shadowing,
      single file, spectrum, string, subordination, subsequence,
      succession, supervenience, supervention, swath, system, tailing,
      thread, tier, trailing, train, upshot, windrow