Sequence - Definition
sequence
n 1: serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order
or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was
alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the
sequence of base pairs in DNA"
2: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor
saw a sequence of patients" [syn: sequence, chronological
sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological
succession]
3: film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop
a given subject in a movie [syn: sequence, episode]
4: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in
sequence" [syn: succession, sequence]
5: several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
v 1: arrange in a sequence
2: determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the
human genome"