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Webster 1913 Edition
Sequence
1.
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
How art thou a king
But by fair
But by fair
sequence
and succession? Shakespeare
Sequence
and series of the seasons of the year. Bacon.
2.
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
The inevitable
sequences
of sin and punishment. Bp. Hall.
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.)
(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.
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.
Originally the
sequence
was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. Shipley.
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Sequence
SE'QUENCE
,Noun.
1. A following, or that which follows; aconsequent.
2. Order of succession.
How art thou king But by fair sequence and succession? Shak.
3. Series; arrangement; method.
4. In music, a regular alternate succession of similar chords.
Definition 2024
sequence
sequence
English
Noun
sequence (plural sequences)
- A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
- A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
- A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- (mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
- (now rare) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
- he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
- A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
- What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria.
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- (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Usage notes
- (mathematics): Beginning students often confuse sequence with series.
Related terms
- et seq
- nolle prosequi
- non sequitur
- persecute
- presequence
- prosecute
- segue
- sequel
- sequela
- sequenceless
- sequent
- sequential
- sequencer
- sequinator
- suant
- sue
- suit
- suite
Translations
set of things in a set order
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series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated
poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings
in mathematics, an ordered list of objects
series of shots that depict a single action or style
Verb
sequence (third-person singular simple present sequences, present participle sequencing, simple past and past participle sequenced)
- (transitive) to arrange in an order
- (transitive) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
- (transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer