English
Etymology
From L. sequentia, from present participle sequens, following, from verb sequi, follow
Pronunciation
IPA|/�sikw�ns/ or /�sikw�ns/
audio|en-us-sequence.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
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- 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.
Translations
trans-top|set of things in a set order
Danish: rækkefølge c, sekvens c
Finnish: sarja, sekvenssi
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Serbian: niz, slog
Spanish: secuencia f
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trans-top|series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated
Danish: tonerække c
Finnish: sekvenssi
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trans-top|poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings
Danish: sekvens c
Finnish: sekvenssi
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trans-top|in mathematics, an ordered list of objects
Czech: posloupnost f
Danish: følge c
Finnish: sarja
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Chinese: �� (xù liè)
ttbc|French: séquence f, suite f, ordre m
ttbc|German: Folge, Reihenfolge f (1), Sequenz f (2,3)
ttbc|Hungarian: sorozat (1, 4), szekvencia (1, 2, 3), sor (1)
ttbc|Latin: sequentia, -ae f
ttbc|Slovak: postupnosť f
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Verb
en-verb|sequences|sequencing|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
Derived terms
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sequencer
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