Cascade - Definition

n 1: a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
2: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units;
"progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic
damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade
of processes"
3: a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a
rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden
cascade of sparks" [syn: shower, cascade]
v 1: rush down in big quantities, like a cascade [syn:
cascade, cascade down]
2: arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they
overlap each other, with the title bars visible