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noun
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in . -Cawper
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- The rise in serotonin levels sets off a of chemical events — Richard M. Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press, 2001
- A series of electrical components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
verb (cascad, ing)
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- To occur as a causal sequence.
- (archaic) (slang) To vomit.
Etymology: cascadeFrench, cascade, from cascata, from cascare to fall
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