Sequence

noun
'sikwəns

Noun

  • a following of one thing after another in time

    the doctor saw a sequence of patients

    Similar:SuccessionSuccessiveness
  • the action of following in order

    he played the trumps in sequence

    Similar:Succession
    Type of:OrderingOrder
  • 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

    Type of:Series
  • film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

    Similar:Episode
    Type of:Film
  • several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

    Type of:RepetitionRepeat

Verb

  • determine the order of constituents in

    They sequenced the human genome

    Type of:DetermineAscertainFind
  • arrange in a sequence

    Type of:RangeRankGrade

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