单词 | sequence |
释义 | sequence /see"kweuhns/, n. , v. , sequenced, sequencing. n. 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. Music. a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation. 6. Liturgy. a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose. 7. Motion Pictures. 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. Cards. a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, esp. of the same suit. 9. Genetics. the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein. 10. Math. a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers; a map from the positive integers to a given set. v.t. 11. to place in a sequence. 12. Biochem. to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), esp. nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein. [1350-1400; ME < LL sequentia, equiv. to sequ- (s. of sequi to follow) + -entia -ENCE] Syn. 1. See series. 2. arrangement. 4. outcome, sequel. |
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