sequencern.1
/ˈsiːkwənsə/, U.S. /ˈsikwənsər/, /ˈsiˌkwɛnsər/ Now Historical.
A book containing sequences.
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society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > music books > [noun] > sequencer
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > music book > church music > book of sequences
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1488 in Archaeologia 45 118 A Primer and a Sequencer.
1904 C. Wordsworth & H. Littlehales Old Service-bks. Eng. Church Index Sequentiale, Sequentiarius, a Sequencer, or Book of Sequences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
sequencern.2
/ˈsiːkwənsə/, U.S. /ˈsikwənsər/, /ˈsiˌkwɛnsər/ 1.
a. (See quot. 1954.)
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1954 Computers & Automation Dec. 21/1 Sequencer, in punch card machinery, a mechanism which will put items of information in sequence.
b. An apparatus for performing or initiating operations in the correct sequence; spec. one forming part of the control system of a computer.
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1964 New Scientist 6 Feb. 319/1 A late decision to photograph the Moon in passing was defeated by a malfunction in the so-called central computer and sequencer.
1977 N. Freeling Gadget v. 222 We..make an automatic sequencer which takes over the work of sending the signals.
1978 D. J. Kuck Struct. Computers & Computations I. iv. 282 The sequencer drives the entire machine through a specified sequence of events which carry out (indeed are) whatever the instruction is defined to do.
2. Biochemistry. An apparatus for determining the sequence of monomers in a biological polymer.
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1971 European Jrnl. Biochem. 20 89 Using the sequencer and unpurified reagents, it was possible to degrade entirely a 0·24 μmole sample of the 21 amino acid insulin A-chain (oxidized) and to analyze the products.
1977 Sci. Amer. Oct. 103/1 The exact positions at which the labeled amino acid appears are determined with the aid of an automatic machine called a sequencer, which chemically removes one amino acid at a time from the polypeptide chain beginning at the amino terminal (NH2) end.
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3. Music. A programmable electronic device capable of storing a sequence of musical notes, chords, or other signals which can then be reproduced when required.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun]
talking machine1844
recorder1867
phonograph1877
dictating machine1878
melograph1879
melodiographa1884
graphophone1886
photographophone1901
auxetophone1904
Dictaphone1906
telediphone1931
transcriber1931
wire recorder1934
sound truck1936
high fidelity1938
Soundscriber1946
player1948
rig1950
transcriptor1957
unit1966
sequencer1975
boom box1981
ghetto blaster1983
beat-box1985
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > electronic > electronic effects and devices
tremolo1959
trem arm1961
tremolo arm1961
fuzzbox1964
wah-wah1968
wah-wah pedal1969
voice1970
phasera1974
patch1975
sequencer1975
drum machine1976
flanger1979
pitchbend1982
beat-box1983
MIDI1983
1975 J. E. Rogers in Appleton & Perera Devel. & Pract. Electronic Mus. v. 190 Sequencers and keyboards have at most a few hundred memory positions.
1984 D. Crombie Synthesizer & Electronic Keyboard Handbk. 72/3 There are three basic types of sequencer: analog, digital and hybrid-computer sequencers.
1985 Listener 24 Oct. 43/4 The Synclavier also has a ‘sequencer’, which is like a word processor for music: you can use it to program the machine to play ‘Chopsticks’ for you.
1989 Rhythm Mar. 30/2 Musicians create their rhythm patterns in the sequencer rather than on the drum machine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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