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The definition of a cascade is a waterfall over a steep and rocky area or anything that resembles a waterfall.
(noun)- An example of cascade is what one will find at Niagara Falls.
- An example of cascade is hair falling down out of a bun.
Cascade means to fall like a waterfall.
(verb)An example of cascade is for hair to fall down in waves from a bun.
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See cascade in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a small, steep waterfall, esp. one of a series
- anything suggesting this, as a shower of sparks or an arrangement of lace in rippling folds
- a connected series, as of amplifiers for an increase in output
Origin: Fr < It cascata < cascare, to fall < VL *casicare < pp. of L cadere: see case
See cascade in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks.
- Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material.
- A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.
- Electronics A series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next.
- A chemical or physiological process that occurs in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, and often producing a cumulative effect: an enzymatic cascade.
To fall or cause to fall in or as if in a cascade.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Italian cascata
Origin: , from cascare, to fall
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *casicāre
Origin: , from Latin cadere; see kad- in Indo-European roots
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